Top Commerce Republicans grill TikTok parent company

Two key Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday grilled TikTok’s parent company over data privacy concerns and its ties to China.In the letter to ByteDance, full committee ranking member Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Consumer Protection subcommittee ranking member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) pressed the Chinese-based company about potential violations of federal law governing safeguards for children…