TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before the House of Representatives and received a bipartisan grilling. Lawmakers focused on data privacy concerns, protections for users, especially teenagers, and the company’s connections to the Chinese Communist Party. “The American people need the truth about the threat TikTok poses to our national and personal security. TikTok collects nearly…

TikTok’s CEO testifies on Capitol Hill; Wyoming’s abortion ban blocked; and the latest on former President Donald Trump’s indictment. These stories and more highlight the Straight Arrow News daily rundown for Thursday morning, March 23, 2023. TikTok CEO to testify on Capitol Hill TikTok’s CEO will testify before a House committee today, March 23, defending…

A security firm’s review of state government websites is revealing that the reach of TikTok is already embedded in its systems. It found that these websites are using what are called “TikTok trackers” that might be inadvertently helping TikTok collect data. Toronto-based Feroot Security found so-called tracking pixels from TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, present in…

TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, is slated to testify before Congress on March 23 in response to the Biden administration’s threat to ban the popular app if its Chinese owners don’t sell their stakes in it. Mr. Chew is expected to tell lawmakers that banning the app won’t resolve U.S. concerns that user data…

Tech companies are threatening to pull news articles from their websites in Canada as legislation advances that would force them to pay news publishers for their content. Bill C-18, called the Online News Act, would mandate revenue-sharing agreements between Google, Facebook-parent-company Meta, and established news organizations. This week, Meta warned it would get out of…

Declassified video shows the moment a Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea; the U.S. hands TikTok an ultimatum; teachers strike in L.A.; and the lab has lost its top-dog status. These stories highlight Straight Arrow News’ March 16 morning rundown.  Drone crash video released The U.S. military released a declassified…

To help ease national security concerns amid a push to ban TikTok in the United States, the company has reportedly been discussing the possibility of a split from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. The short-form video app is undergoing a national security review by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment. The review has stalled, leaving…

The Biden administration has granted approval to a controversial oil project in Northern Alaska, despite criticism from climate activists who have described it as a “carbon bomb.” The approved $8 billion Willow project, which has the potential to drill up to 600 million barrels of oil from the federally controlled National Petroleum Reserve, has drawn widespread…

The Justice Department is officially coming out in support of the RESTRICT Act. The bipartisan proposal would allow the federal government to regulate and ban foreign technology that is deemed a national security risk. This bill applies to all companies that pose a national security risk including Huawei, ZTE and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab. Lately, the…

A whistleblower told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that TikTok and ByteDance employees based in China can easily access U.S. data with the click of a button. That includes members of the Chinese Communist Party on the company’s payroll.  According to Hawley, the whistleblower also said, “TikTok and ByteDance are functionally the same company. They use…