TikTok’s chief operating officer rebuffed U.S. senators who criticized the company for its data practices during a hearing Sept. 14, The Wall Street Journal reports. TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas said during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing with other Big Tech executives that the company is nearing an agreement with the Committee on Foreign Investment, a federal board that reviews cross-border mergers. Pappas did not comment on the specifics of the agreement, but said “Our final agreement with the U.S. government will satisfy all national security concerns.”
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