Some ex-TikTok employees say the social media service worked closely with its China-based parent despite claims of independence
In January, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced an intense grilling by skeptical U.S. lawmakers about his company’s ties to Beijing and its alleged risk to national security. Calm under the barrage, he repeatedly denied wrongdoing and reiterated that the social media service had cut most of its connections to ByteDance, its Chinese parent. However, […]