'Testifying before Congress on Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew managed something we rarely see on Capitol Hill these days. Namely, an almost unanimous, united front against his company,' redsteeze writes.
CEO Shou Zi Chew managed something we rarely see on Capitol Hill these days. Namely, an almost unanimous, united front against his company. Both Democrats and Republicans spent most of Thursday hammering away at Chew. A rare voice of support came from Rep. Jamaal Bowman , who gathered with a few protesters to declare any possible ban on TikTok"racist". Oh, and because Republicans"had no swag.
Not so in the committee room. Responding to questions on privacy, security, data leakage, Chinese Communist Party access to data, and related surveillance capabilities, Chew had no good answers. It was thus left to journalists and various media outlets to go to bat for Chew.technology reporter Drew Harwell was the most outspoken on behalf of TikTok. It's an app that theutilizes to churn out clever content for teenagers, employing an entire team of journalists to create short videos.
Except ... that it is different. Very different. TikTok and the company’s parent company, ByteDance, are required by Chinese law to do whatever the Communist Party demands of them, which begs slight concern in view of TikTok's vast data hoovering capability and the Communist Party's hostility toward U.S. interests. This is not a hypothetical concern.
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