Another CCP company poses greater data security threat than TikTokTikTok has dominated headlines, but has Congress missed an even bigger threat?
China’s National Intelligence Law of 2017 mandates that all Chinese companies are legally obligated to share all collected data with the Communist Party regardless of whether it is collected in China or overseas. This means the party does not require permission to access data collected by Temu from its users in the U.S.
This past February, Temu faced class-action lawsuits filed by over a dozen U.S. users in states including Illinois and Massachusetts. The plaintiffs alleged that the Temu app had access to ‘“iterally everything”von their mobile phones and “purposefully and intentionally” loaded its app with malware and spyware to deceive customers about how it uses their data.
Furthermore, Congress should use its compulsory process powers to acquire banking information and transaction details to ascertain what entities and individuals are involved with Temu. As I said when I ran the Russia Gate investigation for Congress, money doesn’t lie.