The most dangerous thing for TikTok that came out of this hearing was that every word that CEO Chu said now becomes material for the app's critics. He basically walked into a room that from the drop, from the opening statements, from the lawmakers was really clear that they were coming from a stance of disbelief to anything he was going to say. It became a very kind of feverish moment and they just did not get out of this unscathed. If anything, the tensions between Washington and TikTok may not be worse than they were before.

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