Lawmakers weigh TikTok actions after CEO testifies

TikTok was centerstage on Capitol Hill, but the social media app’s future is still up in the air as Congress and President Joe Biden's administration weigh banning the platform.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee for nearly five hours as lawmakers pressed him on the app’s national security threats given its ties to China and data privacy concerns, but seemed largely skeptical of his answers. 

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“The algorithm is not what matters. They are very simple. It is the design and the way it is trained,” Obernolte said on Meet the Press NOW on Thursday. “What matters is the data, the huge sets of data that you are using to frame the algorithms. Then the output of those algorithms. It could be changed at any time. That is the real danger here.”

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