TikTok Tells Staff That Strategy Unchanged Amid Ban Possibilities

TikTok has assured its employees that the company’s strategy to protect user data will remain unchanged, despite the US House of Representatives passing a bill that could ban the app unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, sells it. The company believes that transparent, US-based protection of user data with robust third-party monitoring is the best way to address national security concerns. TikTok plans to lobby the Senate not to pass the legislation and intends to exhaust all legal challenges before considering any divestiture from its parent company.