Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan on TikTok hearing

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Mark Pocan, Democratic congressman of Wisconsin, about this week’s hearing that featured TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, and how he thinks lawmakers should regulate the app.

SCOTT DETROW, HOST:

On Thursday, the CEO of TikTok testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee and was grilled by representatives from both parties.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

GUS BILIRAKIS: Your technology is literally leading to death.

FRANK PALLONE JR: You know, you say you’re benign. You want to do good things for the public. So let me ask you, what about a commitment that says that you won’t sell the

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