Tom Cotton grills Singaporean TikTok CEO: Are you a Chinese Communist?

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before a Senate committee in Washington on Wednesday. Jose Luis Magana/AP

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Various big tech leaders were summoned for a congressional hearing Wednesday on the issue of child safety online. Lawmakers said the companies — Meta, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Snap, and Discord — have failed to protect children from online sex abuse and exploitation.

When it was GOP Sen. Tom Cotton’s turn to take the stand of questioning, he repeatedly asked TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew whether he is Chinese and a

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