Senators call on TikTok to produce documents in response to NPR report
Source: NPR
October 11, 2024 8:29 PM ET
A bipartisan pair of senators on Friday requested that TikTok turn over “all documents and information” related to disclosures about child safety on the app that, until recently, were hidden from public view.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) wrote the letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in response to reporting from NPR and Kentucky Public Radio that revealed internal company documents suggesting the company is aware of how the popular service can potentially endanger children.
The bombshell revelations appeared in passages that were supposed to have been redacted in 14 separate state lawsuits filed against TikTok earlier in the week. But in Kentucky, a clerical error allowed the blacked-out portions to be read when copied and pasted into a separate document.
They revealed excerpts from previously-unknown documents, mostly TikTok’s internal communications and presentations, and showed the multibillion-dollar tech firm was aware of a whole host of potential harms to children, although it at times presented information publicly that contradicted internal research.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27981/senators-call-on-tiktok-for-documents
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