This week, TikTok made an effort to persuade US senators that it is taking all necessary precautions to restrict access to user data from countries outside of the US, including by staff members of its parent business, the Chinese organisation 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 its data…