and pay those damages, we will see more action taking place to prevent this from happening in the first place. meta, facebook and instagram s parent company says it already offers a wide range of protections for users, especially teens. meta s global head of safety telling fox, quote: we don t allow content that promotes suicide, self-harm or eating disorders and of the content we remove or take action on we identify over 99% of it before it s reported to us. tiktok says it s not commenting on pending litigation, but that it, too, offers way to offer content. medical experts say parents have a rule to play. important for parents and caregivers to be aware of what young people are doing and think about that quality, again, of what they re engaging in over quantity. tiktok ceo is set to testify before house lawmakers on thursday. the hearing comes as congress considers banning tiktok over national security concerns. today, tiktok owners announced changes vowing to clamp down on dee
the biden administration has drawn a line in the sand for the app tiktok over national security concerns. now telling its chinese owned parent company that it either needs to sell the stake in the u.s. version of the app or going to be banned. the tiktok ceo is pushing back on that idea telling the wall street journal that sale of the company will not solve the security concerns that the u.s. has. joining us now for perspective is sarah fisher. sarah, i know the ceo of tiktok is going to be on capitol hill next week. he s basically making the argument what they re trying to do is not going to ease their concerns. is he right or is that just a pretty obvious message coming from the company s ceo? it s a pretty obvious message, kaitlan. clearly, our government does not agree with that. if they did, they wouldn t be forcing the chinese owners to sell the stake in order for the app to remain here.
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sale of tiktok over national security concerns. white house officials stopping short of confirming reports that they are pressuring chinese company bytedance to sell tiktok or risk a nationwide ban. we have been clear about our concerns, express our concerns with the software. it s important to protect our national security. but i m not going to get ahead of the review. the reported threat of a ban earning praise from some congressional republicans. i actually think that makes sense. the trump administration tried to ban tiktok and they went to court and won. if they are successful legally, we need have a better process in place. tiktok maintains i do investment doesn t solve the problem. change in ownership not change. the u.s. is jet to present evidence that tiktok threatens national security. the u.s. should stop spreading disinformation. the u.s. also working to counter messaging from russia today on what downed a u.s.
down towards norfolk, and a few more snow showers in northern parts of scotland. it won t be as windy here as it has been, but for all of us, it s going to be another cold day. hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. at least four people have died trying to cross the channel at night, in freexing temperatures. 460 people have made the same journey across the channel in less than a week the uk government is under pressure to act faster. us lawmakers have proposed a ban on the chinese owned tiktok over national security concerns. and morocco give france the fright of their lives in the world cup semi finals. tonight with the context, political analyst dahlia scheindlin and former federal prosecutorjoe moreno.