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GOP Senator Writes Treasury Secretary to “Ensure” TikTok Ends Connection with China

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wrote Monday asking Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to “ensure” that the social media giant TikTok fully cuts its ties with China.

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, a relationship that has become the subject of intense scrutiny from lawmakers as the U.S. assesses its relationship with the Chinese government. TikTok’s chief operating officer, Vanessa Pappas, was grilled by senators on Capitol Hill last week at a hearing with leaders from several major social media companies.

“This shocking testimony calls for action,” Hawley wrote in his letter, asking Yellen “to exercise your responsibilities as [chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States] to ensure that the Chinese company ByteDance fully divests TikTok and that TikTok sever any connections with any other Chinese company.”

Read the source article at NBC News

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