TikTok's American CEO Vanessa Pappas testified for the Senate's Homeland Security Committee at Wenel O'Rocke. Pappas fielded questions about the app security and relationship with China. She said that TikTok never sent data that Chinese Communist Party promised the app would never cave to demands from the Chinese government.
It’s a big week on the Hill for tech companies. Kara and Scott discuss the testimonies of TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas and Twitter whistleblower, “Mudge.” Also, California’s Attorney General sued Amazon, Patagonia’s founder is giving the company away to help fight the climate crisis, and Kara's fired up about Link Rot. Plus, you'll want to stick around for our spiciest listener question yet.
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