TikTok Hearings Feel Flashy, But U.S. Ban Still Possible Says Journalist Taylor Lorenz

America’s crackdown on TikTok might just be a way for lawmakers to look good on camera, but that doesn’t mean a potential ban of the app nationwide is just for show … so says Taylor Lorenz.

The Washington Post’s top tech reporter joined us on “TMZ Live” Thursday, giving us her thoughts about the current hearings about the app’s ties to China … as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew gets grilled by congressmen at Capitol Hill.

She says it seems like a lot of the lawmakers are dragging Chew to get some viral traction, ironically enough … adding there’s a bigger point to be made about social media as a whole, but strangely the blame is just put on TikTok — pointing to Facebook, for example.

That being said, Taylor is still taking these hearings seriously … and she tells us why it could all still come crumbling down.