New York, United States (AFP) — TikTok sought to reassure US senators this week that it is taking all necessary steps to limit access to users’ data from outside the United States, including by employees of its parent company, the Chinese group ByteDance. The social media company responded by letter Thursday to questions from nine Republican US senators about its data storage and access policies. The letter was initially published by the New York Times, but TikTok has since confirmed its content to AFP. In response to earlier inquiries from US authorities, TikTok had indicated in mid-June that all of…