Project Texas: Inside TikTok’s billion-dollar plan to stay in America

27 Mar 2023


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Whether TikTok is a harmless time waster or a sneaky surveillance mechanism depends on who you ask – and it’s a question that members of Congress are currently wrestling over.

Last week, TikTok CEO Shou Chew answered pointed questions and criticisms from lawmakers – and many of his answers focused on Project Texas, the $1.5 billion plan TikTok is executing in the hopes of repairing American confidence.

Read the complete article from Texas Standard The National Daily News Show of Texas here. 

 

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