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TikTok and its owner ramped up their hiring from China, even as Congress raised national security concerns
TikTok and its owner ByteDance sought to hire 669 Chinese employees in the US through the H-1B program in the government's fiscal year 2023.
TikTok didn't shy away from hiring employees from China last year, even as US officials accused the app of being a national security risk because its owner, ByteDance, is headquartered in Beijing. US officials have raised concerns that ByteDance could be compelled to hand over TikTok's US user data to the Chinese government in order to comply with a National Intelligence Law. TikTok has previously said it does not share information with the Chinese government, and that its content moderation efforts are run by a US-based team that "operates independently from China."
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