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Here’s what to expect from lawmakers who will grill TikTok’s CEO on privacy, security and child safety

by Brandon Pugh
March 23, 2023
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issues: Cybersecurity Policy, Data Security and Data Privacy, Federal Government Affairs
originally published in Cyberscoop

From Cyberscoop:

“I’m all for moving forward, but I think this is one of the times where we can’t ignore past practices either,” said Brandon Pugh, policy director of cybersecurity and emerging threats at the R Street Institute. He said that it’s crucial for Congress to know what TikTok’s data collection practices were before Project Texas as well as the latest information on TikTok’s process to delete all historic U.S. user data.