A Republican member of the House committee grilling TikTok’s CEO on Thursday drilled down on a death threat against the panel’s senior GOP member and sharply criticised the company for alllowing it to remain up.
Kat Cammack was speaking as part of her alloted question time when she brought up the issue to TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew. The panel’s chair (and apparent target of the threat), Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, then refused to allow him to respond because the Virginia Republican had not asked him a direct question.
“You couldn’t take action after 41 days when a clear threat, a very violent threat, to the chairwoman of this committee and the members of this committee was posted on your platform,” said Ms Cammack.
“You damn well know you cannot protect the data and security of this committee or the 150 million [US] users of your app, because it is an extension of the [Chinese Communist Party],” she asserted.
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Source: independent.co.uk