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Congressman says TikTok backed out of a meeting to avoid child safety questions

TikTok backed out of a congressional committee's "public roundtable" set for this month over concerns it would be asked about child safety practices, the chair of the committee said. After negotiating "in good faith" to bring TikTok's chief security officer before the House Select Committee on China to answer questions about Chinese government access to […]

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Congressman says TikTok backed out of a meeting to avoid child safety questions
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