TikTok CEO Defends App’s Practices in Congressional Hearing and Argues Against Ban: Company ‘Is Not an Agent of China’

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says the company is 'not an agent of China.'

tried to make the case for why the popular app is not a security threat to the country — and why a government ban of the app would be the wrong course of action.

“ByteDance is not owned or controlled by the Chinese government,” Chew said Thursday at the hearing. He declined to provide revenue estimates or financial data for TikTok, saying ByteDance is a privately held company. Many of the House committee members were not buying his claims. “Your platform should be banned,” committee chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers said at the hearing’s outset, alleging that the Chinese Communist Party can use TikTok to “spy” on Americans and access their private data. She also claimed TikTok “harm[s] our innocent children” and “promotes death and despair to kids.” Rep.

 

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Amazing I listened to testimony. Those of you who use Tik Tok (I know this could be ANY company) there NOT guaranteeing they won’t target marketing to teenagers OR protect your data to third party vendors 🤔

What he meant to say is, 'Of course TikTok is an agent of China. It was meant to prey on a nation of narcissists and keep them distracted while we build our relationship with Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Even President Xi is amazed at how well it worked.'

Love how he think banning half naked girls dancing will “hurt the economy”

Then he proceeded to dance to the 'Savage Remix' by Megan Thee Stallion.

😩 yeah Wright 🥴

But they said that they own it!🤔

Rrright. 🙄

That’s exactly what an agent of China would say…

Spy App of CCP.

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