Pappas answered that no person who “makes a strategic decision at this platform” is a CCP member. But with respect to the rest of the app’s staff, she said the company does not vet its employees based on their political affiliations. She noted that no other tech platform present at the hearing asks its employees what political parties they belong to.Laughable defense from Tiktok to compare CCP to American political parties as well as insinuating concerns are about random employees. The Chinese govt took a stake and board seat.