ByteDance faces scrutiy in US and Europe

Over the weekend, the US House of Representatives passed a measure to ban the social media app TikTok in the US, unless its parent company ByteDance sells its ownership stake. Meanwhile, European Union regulators are looking at a new app from the company called TikTok Lite, which they say defies EU rules on social media technology. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have more.

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