The hearing, Chew’s first appearance before Congress, kicked off with a lawmaker calling for TikTok to be banned and remained combative throughout. A number of lawmakers expressed deep skepticism about TikTok’s efforts to safeguard US user data and ease concerns about its ties to China. Nothing Chew said appeared to move the needle. The rhetoric inside and outside the hearing room highlighted the growing, bipartisan momentum for cracking down on the app in the United States.
In 2020, The Washington Post worked with a privacy researcher to look under the hood at TikTok, concluding that the app does not appear to collect any more data than your typical mainstream social network. The following year, Pellaeon Lin, a Taiwan-based researcher at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, performed another technical analysis that reached similar conclusions.
grilled? i d say they made a fool of themselves like no one ever did befor😂😂😂it was hilarious😂😂😂😂😂can ticTAC know whats going on in my brain?😶🫥🫠🫠🫠😂😂
Grilled….lol
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Total embarrassment! Those old cronies had no idea what they were even asking! Vote those 🦕 out!
I hope they feel powerful now because that’s what this is all about.
Is anyone discussing cross comparisons between this dude and zuck I’d be interested in watching that
The country of free speech My Ass!!
All social media gathers metadata. Why is china knowing what we buy or look at is even a problem? We know all social media does this when we sign up. It's a distraction and showboating. I'm concerned with our US government agencies spying on our finances and stealing our rights.
It's rude to interrupt someone who is talking. This etiquette can't be only in China, right?
But they wanted answers they wanted to hear!
The US has the world’s worst broadcasting and mobile technology because excluding foreign tech is a strategy to support US industry. Overseas broadcasters joke about the US saying NTSC stands for Never Twice the Same Colour and PAL stands for Peace At Last.
Facebook and others have more data used by security agencies than does TikTok
Hmm 🤔 but does TikTok access our home Wifi network?
There is nothing tik took is doing that Facebook and co aren't doing times 10
Honestly, you guys embarrassed yourself pretty big.
Move Amenicars , China is way ahead of you now... Don't be racist, don't be crazy
CCP knows how to win the war. they can't fight F35 and carriers. But they are doing viruses and apps successfully.
i love how these media companies title the stories to, to paint the picture that congress is somehow got this guy cornered, but in reality the masses that tuned into to actually watch are embarrassed for congress and are rotting for tiktoks ceo. He handled himself with grace
The world is laughing at so naked thelf behavior!
the only thing i see is how unqualified these guys are to be asking him questions. its almost as if they got together for a crash session on the internet and social media prior to the meeting, the questions they asked lol rude irrelevant and illustrates how little they undertand
Fake news .CNN shame on you. The congress embarrassed themselves, you can check facts on tik tok
If you dont like it, you dont use it. If the material is sensitive, so dont share it with tiktok. Its like you angry at seller that sold nice cloth to you. Those that have poor control and dedicated their live on tiktok, that the one needs education and proper guidance
google win
A clown shows letting the world to see what US leaders are made up of. Bunch of clowns
Luckily America if it's American in China, he will disappear
Tell me what’s the characteristics differences between all social media platforms?. You mean to say fb, IG don’t spy?. Really?. And they have content mediation that won’t cause violence and sexual issues?. Think again!.
Chew is smooth. That guy can give misleading answers with the best of them!
But he knows the devastation Communist Chinese have inflicted through this front app to infiltrate influence control and ultimately destroy. He knows and they know it and yet it is very possible he will testify again next year so politicians get another photo sessions and free PR
If I were a Singaporean , I would feel shame on chew ! Why cover Ccp? Why become its running dog
Well that sounds like bipartisan racism / xenophobia targeting TikTok.....or is it ok as long as it's not Trump?
Y’all literally just bullied him ..
USA is afraid of loosing the world power to China as its rapidly growing in all sectors,these bans are for no reasons than to make Chinese inferior while they remain superior...but in the real sense it will be a herculean task for China to be world power.
It's time for young Americans to act. Some people want to limit your freedom and joy.
I didnt knew that US lawmakers are so outdated
'Grilled' yeah they barely knew what they were talking about😂
Did any of them come off as articulate or, at least, well-prepared?
Racism , Google is worse
tell me how Tik Tok steals info for their users you now have phones that can stop social media from getting your info
The US legislature has seriously undermined fair business competition and harmed the interests of the majority of the American people, which is incompatible with its declared values of democracy and freedom.
CCP BAN twitter Facebook YouTube and instagram. Create own social platform for the Chinese to use. Because ccp can control the people and detain them. China people know TikTok not safe. If he is a private enterprise. Why does the CCP care so much? answer here🤫
What really happened was a bunch of old folks who have no idea how social media or even the internet works yelled yellow peril era slogans. Noting was learned and no evidence emerged that banning Tiktok would help anyone.
Preposterous! An Enquiry Committee wants answers to all questions only in Yes or No!
Some 🤡 which is far away from knowledge, full of arrogance & racist were asking questions from a professional business man.
Some of the questioners were so rude and condescending, as an American I was embarrassed by his treatment. Not professional at all and relied on misplaced emotion.
US lawmakers don't regulate their own tech companies and that's why 'big tech' is a problem, yet they go all Cold War 2.0 over any successful company with ties to Beijing. Meanwhile if the US banned all products produced in China the US would technologically return to the 1850s.
Let the vaccine injured speak.
Grilled? Haha. They looked/sounded silly
I happened to catch a few minutes of this. He never once got to answer their questions. He guy doing the questioning looked like a fool. Embarrassing.
Oxymoron of the day. The Chinese can be trusted
Tiktok just like all free social media platforms sells your data to companies. The companies use that data to sell you products and, in turn keeps the app free. The only reason Tiktok is being targeted is because republicans don't like GenZ using it against them.
Those lawmakers aren't trying to get to the bottom of it but shouting , ' Kill TikTok' and all because it's Made in China.
Who is investigating the other apps that own by the Americans?
Only says 48 seconds
A lot of people who make videos on Tiktok get paid money, so why should they stop people from making money on Tiktok!
All this did was show those congress persons know nothing about technology or how it works. It's really pathetic that these people are going to ban something they don't understand.
L government
Grilled? That implies an even cooking where both sides get access to the flame. That was just burning one side as he had to spend his time barely talking due to constant interruptions and time reclaiming. When he did, he had to explain how basic tech and business models work.
Proud white rubbish
What a TikTok show!
Google owned by China has more info than any platform just sayin
😑 send them home
I'm absolutely sure that these lawmakers don't know one percent about the technical stuff, about software, and how it works!
We need more stupid dance videos !!!!
Lawmakers were rude, abhorrent and made the U.S. look idiotic.
Tiktok should not be banned in the USA just because it was created in China. It has huge global social media following!
Hook GT
They certainly give him a Hard Time.. the Committee did not want to hear his side.Bit of a Kangaroo Court in my opinion. All the other Tech Platforms collect this Data and I am sure Russian and any other Tech Savvy can get this from there Servers.
I watched hours of this guy answering questions from grandstanders. The only thing that was established is that China will own and control America by the end the century.
'doEs tHis aPp aCcEsS yOur neTwoRk' nah it solely uses unicorn farts
5 hours of grilling and still nothing got resolved
This is silly. Might as well ban their phones. That might actually give some protection and force them to pay attention in meetings.
Ladies in the background were enjoying every punch thrown.
Good. Even if it made him feel just a little uncomfortable, tiktok_us needs to be banned.
Tiktok is wrong because it is not made in America
They embarrassed themselves more than anything tbh. You shouldn’t be a federal rep with this poor an understanding of tech. It’s too important and ubiquitous to be this ignorant about.
this US congressman is definitely not a 'chinese spy'
You called this grilled? I call it intimidation and he didn't bulge one bit. Shameless country america is becoming😒
all of the dinasours in congress are really showing their age with the lack of understanding and questions re: tiktok 👵👴