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    TikTok officials go on a public charm offensive amid a stalemate in Biden White House

    The hit video app is facing an existential crisis, and it is hoping promoting its reorganization will help convince Americans that it is independent from its Chinese owner.
    by Bobby Allyn Feb 02, 2023 5 minutes
    A TikTok official gives a tour of the company's Transparency and Accountability Centers in the Los Angeles area.

    As infighting continues in the Biden administration over the future of TikTok, the video streaming giant is marshaling its resources toward one goal: convincing the public it is a safe platform.

    The company recently launched a full-fledged charm offensive that has included rapid-fire meetings in Washington with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, new transparency tools on the app and a first-ever tour to members of the media of its corporate campus in the Los Angeles area.

    It comes two years after TikTok started talks with national security officials in the hopes of reaching a deal that would safeguard Americans' data from being accessed by employees at its Beijing-based parent company and fend off any possible data collection requests from the Chinese government.

    But those talks have dragged on, and TikTok officials

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