“ByteDance owns TikTok. … And the [Chinese Communist Party] owns ByteDance, because the CCP owns everybody in China,” said Crenshaw. “So by law they can make them do whatever they want, and they say that by law you can’t tell anyone about it. So they can make you hand over that data, is that correct?”

Chew said that TikTok “built something where we took the data and put it out of reach.”

“Out of reach?” said Crenshaw. “But they own you?”

Chew repeated that “we put it out of reach,” but he declined to explain how this would prevent TikTok’s China-based owner from seizing the data.

[The headline is a joking reference to “Office Space.” Chew doesn’t want to answer the question, because the idea that he’s firewalled TikTok off from Beijing is beyond ludicrous. Duane and I talk about that in today’s Week in Review, too — but meanwhile, enjoy this clip. — Ed]