TikTok Opponents, Activists Square Off Amid Efforts to Ban App Over Security Risks, CCP Ties

Kara Frederick, director of the Tech Policy Center at the Heritage Foundation (C) shares her opposition to TikTok on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023. Richard Moore/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Last week was big for TikTok on Capitol Hill—from the CEO testifying in a hearing that lasted for more than five hours to activists on both sides of the debate making their case regarding the United States banning the app.

There are 150 million Americans who use TikTok, according to the company, which is owned by ByteDance. ByteDance is connected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).