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Blackburn and Blumenthal ask TikTok about employee transfers from ByteDance

By Christopher Hutton
Published October 3, 2023 7:13pm ET
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Blackburn and Blumenthal ask TikTok about employee transfers from ByteDance
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to Pinterest's chief financial officer over reports that users were creating sex-themed boards of young girls. | AP

Two of the Senate’s most outspoken critics of Big Tech are seeking information about TikTok’s transfer of executives from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to understand how close the two companies are.

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