TikTok COO Details Beijing Operation, Denies Chinese Data Access TikTok has employees in Beijing as do many other global tech companies, TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas told the Senate Homeland Security Committee during a hearing Wednesday. Ranking member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, repeatedly pressed Pappas over the company’s ties to Beijing and data access for employees to China (see 2207150064). TikTok doesn’t operate in China, but it does have an office and employees in Beijing, said Pappas. TiKTok isn’t subject to Chinese surveillance laws because the company is incorporated in the U.S. and complies with local law. She denied the...