By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-13-23
Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee have a lot of unanswered questions about embattled short-form video site TikTok that they want the company to clear up, but they have also given the social media outlet some input on how it might save itself amid calls for an outright ban.
TikTok has been promoting its pro-social uses — helping diverse small businesspeople and veterans – in high-profile ads in the Washington, D.C., market as it attempts to avoid such a ban.
While TikTok CEO Shou Chew was grilled by those Democrats at a hearing last month, ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and his colleagues signaled in a letter to Chew that many of their questions remained unanswered. » Read More