Tiktok's lobbying tops $5.3M in 2022 as it brings its charm offensive to Congress

TikTok’s CEO plans to tell the committee that it is working to protect U.S. users’ data from Chinese government scrutiny. TikTok is pouring millions into lobbying to ease national security worries.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

The chief executive of TikTok is expected to tell lawmakers in Washington tomorrow that the Chinese-owned company has put guardrails around the personal data belonging to American users. The prepared testimony from Shou Zi Chew will lay out a plan for Texas-based software company Oracle to store and oversee the storage of that information. Faced with President Biden’s demand that the company be sold or banned

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