But it’s unclear whether that will convince members of Congress, who are expected to press the TikTok chief for detailed answers after a number of worrying reports about the app.” Last year,Buzzfeedreportedthat TikTok’s Chinese employees could access nonpublic data about U.S. ...
The calls to ban are full of ridiculous claims and hyperbole: in December, one Congressman even called it “digital fentanyl.” 🙄 During the congressional hearing, members of Congress showed they don’t understand how social media apps are used or how young people use them. It begs the qu...
Tiktok is partnering w/Oracle to manage, secure, protect, maintain and store user data. Oracle is a solid US Corp w/global Gov & Biz contracts. The committee tribunal was a poor performance by congressional members; making grandiose statements w/no actual fact-finding Q&A or substance. Tiktok...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean citizen, appeared for the US congressional hearing and faced tough questions, with the House committee members claiming that the Chinese government could use the app's data for surveillance against the American people and thus undermine the US' national intere...
However, while Politico's report focused on Republicans, Mashable's source emphasized that Democratic members of Congress were hearing from TikTok users too. "It's everyone," the Congressional staffer told Mashable, and added, "The calls are OVERWHELMINGLY from children."...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean citizen, appeared for the US congressional hearing and faced tough questions, with the House committee members claiming that the Chinese government could use the app's data for surveillance against the American people and thus undermine the US' national intere...
Dozens of videos about the TikTok congressional hearing that aren't direct videos quoting politicians are pointing out that these hearings are, unfortunately, pretty useless. Politicians "don’t care to understand just 'own' someone," one user commented under a video of the hearing. ...
TikTok CEO Show Zi Chew faced a five-hour grilling by a bipartisan group of lawmakers at a U.S. congressional hearing on Thursday. BEIJING, March 24 (TMTPOST) – Chinese short video company ByteDance’s subsidiary TikTok CEO Show Zi Chew said Friday in an internal letter that he was not...
Appearing at a contentious congressional hearing in March 2023, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew asserted that the app “is not owned or controlled by any government or state entity.” About 60% of ByteDance is owned by “global institutional investors” including Blackrock, General Atlantic, Susquehanna ...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean citizen, appeared for the US congressional hearing and faced tough questions, with the House committee members claiming that the Chinese government could use the app's data for surveillance against the American people and thus undermine the US' national intere...