Chuck Darwin<p>Whether <a href="https://c.im/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> is a harmless time waster or a sneaky surveillance mechanism depends on who you ask <br>– and it’s a question that members of Congress are currently wrestling over.</p><p>Last week, TikTok CEO <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shou</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chew</span></a> answered pointed questions and criticisms from lawmakers<br> – and many of his answers focused on <a href="https://c.im/tags/Project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, the $1.5 billion plan TikTok is executing in the hopes of repairing American confidence.</p><p>Amanda O’Donnell wrote about Project Texas for Texas Monthly and joined the Texas Standard to break it down.</p><p><a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/tiktok-us-ban-china-project-texas-oracle/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasmonthly.com/news-politics</span><span class="invisible">/tiktok-us-ban-china-project-texas-oracle/</span></a></p>