TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress and was hit by fierce criticism from lawmakers, including calls for the app to be banned. #CNN #News
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Of course, if it’s banned, TicTok customers will find an equivalent app (Google shorts, instagram?) I wouldn’t be surprised if there isn’t a lobbyist pushing this idea.
根据中国的国安法，所有企业和个人，都有义务向政府提供情报和协助。否则就是犯罪行为。中国的企业即使不愿意，也不得不配合中国政府搜集资料。
Hmmmm… and those are American companies. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…. your point?
Instagram isn’t spying on is
if you posted “Drinking Bleach as a Challenge” you be surprise how many people will die. You be surprise how many people failed in chemistry and physic 🤣
They should be looking at all platforms with access to so much data on people. In other words, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube etc
@Seahbyefong Seah again ITS FUCKING DOMESTIC! NOT FOREIGN!
Facebook is banned in China. I’m not sure Twitter is Allowed in china too. Why keep TikTok.
@Dave Don Twitter & Facebook are both banned in China. So indeed, why shouldn’t America ban Tik Tok? So many ignorant comments here. You can tell they’ve never heard of Xinjiang or Uyghurs, I hope not anyway to know of those horrors & still think they deserve to influence half of America that much is absurd.
@Tihstae Toggaf Doesn’t matter. The data can still be sold to other countries and could be used against the people
They need to get a conference of tech leaders to hold these interviews. Watching the Congresswomen ask these questions is cringe. All rhetoric, and they have no idea what they’re talking about.
The tech leaders are the ones lobbying these politicians to ban tiktok. They need to earn that money 😂
根据中国的国安法，所有企业和个人，都有义务向政府提供情报和协助。否则就是犯罪行为。中国的企业即使不愿意，也不得不配合中国政府搜集资料。
“Can your app access wifi?” LOL
they won’t,experts will focus on technique problem while they just want political trial
Our own US Govt’ can’t be “100% certain” about anything…
根据中国的国安法，所有企业和个人，都有义务向政府提供情报和协助。否则就是犯罪行为。中国的企业即使不愿意，也不得不配合中国政府搜集资料。
@习主席学生休斯敦大学李坚强教授 That’s good.
Tax is certain.
Our?
Stop pretending you even live in the US
They have already made up their mind to ban TikTok.
you can thank them later
One of great things happen to Americans if they ban tiktok ..
By trying to ban TikTok is like taking away all the fun we have who the hell cares about Facebook an Instagram
Not a huge fan of what tiktok is doing to further stupidity in youth today, but jeez they didn’t even let the man talk, you can see it on his face like “can I fricken speak?” How Can we ever be better when we Always look like assholes in every thing we do?
@Rodro Zil it’s not pre planned as much as they have a private meeting before
a theatrical performance for mass and sponsors. the outcome is pretty clear
in hindsight, it makes sense now why zuckerberg acted like such an alienrobot. he knew how exploitative and manipulative the data collection is.
0:08 How can the “lawmakers” be “convinced” when they clearly went into the hearing with *preconceived* notions? LOL
@Shonen Jump Magneto
Asking whether the TikTok’s CEO can “guarantee” with “100% confidence” that the Chinese government cannot access TikTok user data _can_ in fact be an “entrapment.” If the TikTok CEO had simply offered a “no” answer to that question, without qualifying that answer with additional information, it could have just as easily been misquoted as sound bites of him “admitting” to “TikTok giving away user data to the Chinese government.”
Fact is, he can’t guarantee that ANY government cannot access TikTok user data any more than any other government can, including the U.S. government. The Chinese government does not need TikTok to gather U.S. user data; it can do it with just about any social media platform. Google harvests user data all the time, but you don’t cry about that being “spying,” do you? Google likely tracks every move you make, where and when, using both your queries, online posts and the GPS system.
Their notions are correct notions
i think people just don’t get the fact that the problem isnt what the company are going to promise, because promises are just words, its about the ownership of the company. which stated in the hearing that CCP spokesman said that chinese government has the authority and the final say over TikTok’s ownership. and why ownership is important?
Chinese National Intelligence Law, outlines that for “Chinese citizens and companies alike, participation in “intelligence work” is a legal responsibility and obligation, regardless of geographic boundaries.”
so if CCP has final say over TikTok then TikTok is bound to obey CCP under Chinese law.
and this is a potential danger that TikTok can’t prove to solve. unless CCP has no authority nor final say over TiktTok in any type of way. but as CCP claimed, TikTok has to get permission from Chinese government, period. if CCP can dictates TikTok then it proves TikTok can be controlled by CCP, they have not cut the tie, otherwise CCP wouldn’t be able to have such claim.
@Truth is King come meet me bruh
Shou actually handled this VERY well because the meeting was literally pre-designed to just grill him about TikTok. No matter what kind of answers he were to give to them it wouldn’t have been enough PLUS most questions were not even YES or NO able answers (e.g. does chinese engineers have access to data: of course they have to have it cuz their nationality is chinese and even if they were to be working in Singapore and have a Singapore passport that wouldn’t matter to the lawmakers so it’s a question to favor the lawmakers) OR how they accused Shou with cherry picked factually wrong evidence on some cases which really diminishes their ability to ask legitimate questions that they can legitimately say that TikTok is bad for America.
All social media platforms are about how users use it and the companies can only do so much with moderation. Users are like viruses; they will always create something that would grab anyone’s attention to boost engagement regardless of what happens to others. That’s just how humans are. Maybe not all, but small groups can still do devastating damage. Instead of blaming algorithms and operations, every country should prioritize on education and overall human welfare to lessen bad actors that ultimately harm social platforms that was originally designed to have fun experience by sharing life with others.
I am not a fanboy of TikTok nor Shou but any critical thinker would agree that this hearing was just a scapegoat interview to ignore tackling the REAL problem (society) and just blaming on something else and getting rid of it will fix the problem. Violent games being the reason for mass shootings, anyone?
@Sosa Reyes
Titok is horrible for children and yet mass shootings and guns not horrible
@LEONG Yet it’s the people not the gun they needa do more when it comes to getting one. It’s horrible for a kid to be glued to his or her phone all day. Even teenagers.
@Sosa Reyes From your logic,then might as well ban smartphones.
Like you said,it’s the people who uses it,not the device or apps,no?
i think people just don’t get the fact that the problem isnt what the company are going to promise, because promises are just words, its about the ownership of the company. which stated in the hearing that CCP spokesman said that Chinese government has the authority and the final say over TikTok’s ownership. and why ownership is important?
Chinese National Intelligence Law, outlines that for “Chinese citizens and companies alike, participation in “intelligence work” is a legal responsibility and obligation, regardless of geographic boundaries.”
so if CCP has final say over TikTok then TikTok is bound to obey CCP under Chinese law.
and this is a potential danger that TikTok can’t prove to solve. unless CCP has no authority nor final say over TiktTok in any type of way. but as CCP claimed, TikTok has to get permission from Chinese government, period. if CCP can dictates TikTok then it proves TikTok can be controlled by CCP, they have not cut the tie, otherwise CCP wouldn’t be able to have such claim.
Does that make you critical thinker? TikTok specifically targets teenagers for naughty things, they are “outstanding” if compare it with other social platforms, could you tell me why TikTok why not operate “business” in China? And why a Chinese firm hires a Singapore guy?
We to force American companies to give us simple yes or no answers during dispositions. They, along with our elected officials seem to dance around answers. They shouldn’t get a pass either.
They should have included IT Specialist on the hearing. What the CEO is saying they are already in process and moving everything to USA, while partnering with American companies to ensure the demands are met.
It was blatantly obvious these questions were by technologically inept individuals .
Why would congress attack one company rather than implementing a data protection law? If you ban Tiktok, what’s to stop another company from doing the exact, same, thing…
@Kadar Abdullahi not yet it isn’t. Hopefully soon though! I am Pro-Ban.
I hope we can have the cake & eat it somehow. To eliminate the risk & keep the followings/monetary gain. We should be safe from hostile foreign nations while being able to exercise our artistic freedom.
@Kadar Abdullahi yeah, this theatrical performance is for mass. the outcome is pretty clear
Not a USA company.
They have been doing it with other apps, if you actually watch the full committee hearing you would see that they were talking about doing an addendum to past laws and people like rep Clarke are making new bills to help protect data and false algorithms
The only reason why they’re trying to ban TikTok is because it’s a Chinese own business. If TikTok was a UK old corporation, they would not question the risk that’s involved with the platform. And the fact that they want them to sell the company also brings in question the credibility of these lawmakers, as they only want TikTok to be sold to a US company.
Ding ding ding!
yes😂
Watching the whole thing made me actually like this guy. Congress is so dumb
You know it’s bad when our gov doesn’t now how internet works
Man that was embarrassing
It’s not the governments job to tell us what we can and cannot watch. We have so many other problems in this country and they focus on tik tok?! This is ridiculous……
US lawmakers: we think…we assume….we guess….u r guilty. 😓
from those congressmen and congresswoman’s speeches point if they banned TikTok – no more mass shooting in schools, no more bullying, bulimia, no more violence and etc. in American society.
哈哈哈笑死我了
These congressmen were definitely sponsored by Facebook and Google
It’s all about money in the end. Our government serves corporations. They don’t care about us.
They just kept asking questions but didn’t allow Tiktok CEO answer those questions 😂
@Julio Duan troll
Hey, he avoided every single question. Have you forgotten that there is a simple yes or no?
are congress ‘100% certain’ that there are ‘no bias within congress’? If you can’t say ‘100% certain’ I take that as no. i too be a hypocrite.
@Ralph Buchwitz A lot of questions can’t be answered by simply yes or no, which may cause a lot of misunderstanding.