A leader of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said he has asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over data security concerns. Pictured here is the TikTok download page on an Apple iPhone on August 7, 2020. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images TikTok, a unit of China’s ByteDance, told U.S. lawmakers that it’s working to safeguard data in response to concern that its Chinese employees have been able to access information on its U.S.-based users. The social media company sent a letter on Thursday to U.S. senators acknowledging that employees outside the…