TikTok, an app owned by China's ByteDance, is under intense pressure from U.S. lawmakers who want to ban the app over concerns it poses a threat to national security. CEO Shou Zi Chew said on Thursday that the app has "clear community guidelines" and that executives do not "make any ad-hoc decisions" when dealing with "bad actors" on the internet who post Offensive content on the app. Tiktok is partnering with Silicon Valley software vendor Oracle to store and protect user data, but U.S. lawmakers remain concerned that Beijing could snoop on U.S. citizens or potentially spread propaganda via the app.

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