TikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testfy before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in March about the social media platform's consumer privacy and data security practices, its impact on kids and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party, the committee announced in a news release Monday.

"Americans deserve to know how these actions impact their privacy and data security, as well as what actions TikTok is taking to keep our kids safe from online and offline harms," the committee said its release. "We've made our concerns clear with TikTok. It is now time to continue the committee's efforts to hold Big Tech accountable by bringing TikTok before the committee to provide complete and honest answers for people." 

Chew, who will be making his first appearance before a congressional committee, is likely to face aggressive questioning about TikTok's data collection and concerns that its parent company, Chinese-owned ByteDance, could be forced to share that data with the Chinese government.