3/23: Red and Blue
TikTok CEO defends app at House hearing; D.C.'s cherry blossoms in full bloom this weekend.
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TikTok CEO defends app at House hearing; D.C.'s cherry blossoms in full bloom this weekend.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress and faced questioning over security concerns with the app. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the hearing and the bipartisan push to ban the app.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified on Capitol Hill that the popular social media app is taking action to address privacy and national security concerns. Policy makers in both sides of the aisle fear the Chinese government could compel the Beijing-based company to share U.S. user data. Nikole Killion reports.
The future of the popular mobile app, used by 150 million Americans, has never been more uncertain. Here's what to know.
TikTok's CEO faced congressional lawmakers for the first time, but members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee remain concerned about the app's national security risks. Jamil Jaffer, founder and executive director at the National Security Institute and former associate White House counsel to President George W. Bush, joins John Dickerson on "Prime Time" to discuss.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner told CBS News a divestiture, ban or something to that effect will need to happen.
The TikTok CEO, a former Goldman Sachs banker and Harvard grad, is on the hot seat as lawmakers consider banning the app.
CEO Shou Zi Chew struggled to convince skeptical lawmakers that the app protects user data as momentum builds for banning the app over national security concerns.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew plans to tell a House committee that the popular social media app is taking real action to address national security concerns, while the bipartisan group of policymakers appears to inch closer to banning the app. Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill.
With TikTok's CEO set to testify before the House on Thursday, North Dakota Republican Congressman Kelly Armstrong and Delaware Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester join "Red and Blue" to answer what they want to hear during the hearing.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before lawmakers for the first time on Thursday as concerns about the social media app's security rise. Zeve Sanderson, the executive director of NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics, joins CBS News to discuss the latest on TikTok.
"If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn't solve the problem," a TikTok spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.
The growing number of Democrats backing a ban on the massively popular video app reflects an increased willingness to confront Beijing, experts say.
A bipartisan Senate bill announced Tuesday seeks to give the executive branch more power to regulate TikTok and other tech companies with foreign ties.
The White House said it supports the legislation, the first time it has formally endorsed a plan that could lead to a ban on TikTok.
This will be CEO Shou Zi Chew's first appearance before Congress.
A growing number of states and the U.S. military have banned the Chinese-owned platform on government-issued devices.