UNRELENTING: Tom Cotton Unflinchingly Grills TikTok's CEO At Senate Hearing On Child Online Safety

At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) grilled TikTok CEO Shou Chew.
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[@IlIIllllllI]

Senetor : Do you like Chinese food? Chew : Yes, senetor Seneter : gotcha, you goddamn communist

[@pathfinder011]

Understandable

[@DerCSR]

Don't worry I like Chinese food too. That means that I'm a communist too

[@yaphonghor4409]

And the senator is actually a Chinese food lover but others doing the same are communists?

[@jjamjam2999]

@@DerCSR😂😂

[@soulSSeekingbullet]

On a personal note, why would you take a liking to that crap?

[@Snowboard1101-xt7zh]

The Singaporean news now is blowing up about the senator being unable to differentiate Singapore from China💀

[@pingpong1089]

That's how they try to hide their fault . Sg news always criticize every country now got karma face to face....

[@judywu5514]

It was really a big international joke, and showed how low an American senator is.

[@SGT-wz8dv]

Pretty sure 1.4 billion Chinese in China r laughing at the arrogance, ignorance and stupidity of the irritating Senator.

[@Lbyt21]

@@SGT-wz8dva lot of Americans with any ounce of intelligence is laughing at him also. He shouldn’t be in office.

[@sis-l1i]

china=singapore

[@sidku7006]

Senator Cotton did not ask a single question about child online safety regarding how it is implemented at TikTok.

[@matrix35]

Like ive said before, these senators could not care less about the victims and their families. This video proves my point!!

[@darkmind4881]

.

[@soukie9538]

Senators did not care about child safety actually, they do take care their votes by expressing anger and opinion to attractive voters' attention.

[@UnixGoldBoy]

Senator Cotton is setting up the stage and the argument to disqualify the CEOs clearly. There are other videos from other senators where they are asking the child safety questions.

[@annan7728]

Does China also bring the media to Chinese government to tell the media what they can do or not?

[@Anonymous-so4nl]

I think Mr Chew is the most patient man I’ve seen in my life

[@tashkenty]

He’s cute too

[@helenoluyemisi7678]

He is patient indeed 😮

[@ot7stan207]

hes probably writing swear words on the note pad every time the senator cut him off

[@williamsusetio2385]

Agree

[@AlexandrBorschchev]

@@ot7stan207hes obviously not fluent so he has to write to keep track of long questions

[@gweejiahan9336]

No, Senator Cotton, - Singapore is a country separate from China, - Singapore is a close economic, military ally of the USA for decades, - Singaporeans cannot hold dual citizenship, - Singaporeans especially civilians cannot provide opinion: > on country leaders, > on other countries' actions, especially if its genocide or not, its the ICJ role to determine that, so why don't the USA start a case against China, akin to what SA did against Israel, if USA is so convinced.

[@jmp9010]

I feel bad for Shou Chew

[@kalekaeliz]

It's shows how US senators don't read up before questioning. How ignorant they can be.

[@KuatoLives99]

tom went to harvard and served in the us military. no wonder Iraq and Afghanistan lost

[@HenryHoe]

US cannot use the ICJ to sue China for genocide in Xin Jiang because the US does not recognize the ICJ, while most of the world does.

[@KOBOSTAR]

Well Harvard and still does not that Singapore is a nation and city.... or it's about getting the filthy votes...

[@alanaponte2234]

Imagine you being a CEO getting questioned by someone who doesn’t know the difference between China and Singapore.

[@man-kitli1572]

You too can’t distinguish between a Chinese communist party member & a liar.

[@glamgam_stile]

so foolish right? Senator ignorant hahahahahaha

[@bornfree1888]

What made you think he does not know?

[@calebkai706]

Racist. They think all Chinese and Asian are one and the same.

[@Ironheart73]

CEO: Your Honor, I am from Singapore Senator: Oh right, so where is Singapore in China?

[@wes8888]

The longer I live on this planet, the more I understand why roosters scream every sunrise.

[@FlCl3000]

Damn

[@CuteMonsters-o.o]

😅

[@saltra9940]

Damn

[@RahulKapoor9992]

HAHAHAHAHAH

[@checheapenteng-takyiako372]

😂😂😂

[@hoglenn7469]

A small country like Singapore is able to speak better than US in a global international stage. Well done. .

[@bauuau18]

Singapore îs far from small

[@windiedoessomething970]

@@bauuau18 no, from a singaporean here, it definitely is. we're literally called the "little red dot".

[@LeoMVM]

​@@windiedoessomething970 I think bauuau18 means in terms of gdp and education

[@davidliu3463]

@@windiedoessomething970 geographically yes, but otherwise no

[@vitogamaliel4490]

Country size yes it is small, influence no

[@AnalzeThis]

The senator guy has already made up his mind before this..He wasn’t there to be convinced …He was there to accuse 😂

[@luisnieves8242]

GOOD !!!

[@10OmarkO01]

He even don't let the guy finish what he is about to say.

[@jin-qj6xr]

He was here to put on a show for his stupid voters. He’s here to make misleading arguments instead of to listen to answers so his voters could vote for him.

[@gaojun73]

If apple CEO is treated like that in China, what reaction will be 😂

[@Louis13XIII]

@@gaojun73that won’t happen, Chinese aren’t rude bullies, unlike Americans

[@yunghanma47]

I wondered why the Senator kept asking Singapore/China passports, finally I realized that the Senator, all along, thought Singapore is a city of China. This is not only a disgrace to US, but also to Harvard.

[@snowy6156]

Yes exactly. I can't even imagine that. You can take one glance at a map to know that Singapore is not in China

[@phyllishenderson2704]

FACT! The Senator's questioning is embarrassing and as much against the Democrats as it was against Tik Tok! Unvelievable!

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

​@@abdessamadao1973 Nope. Educate yourself.

[@polarissilvertree]

I don't think he thought Singapore was a city in China, but he was definitely being a jerk.

[@yuuka926]

Its actually a clever set up. If information about Shou Zi Chew ties to the Chinese communist party is discovered he will be forced to resign.

[@confusedbadger9647]

Reminder that this was SUPPOSED to be a meeting on online safety for kids

[@katiecheung7993]

Yet, again they managed to turn into a hated rant about China and Communism!

[@viaakvia]

@@katiecheung7993 this hearing should be called hearing about tiktok relationships with the chinese communist party and relationships about the ceos possible connections of the chinse communist party

[@katiecheung7993]

@@viaakvia Feel like this CEO had been forced under false pretence to turn up for a meeting about Tiktok, but he was actually being interogate about his part in the Communist Party (which as usual, was falsely assumed by the US government. Just like the falsified information to invade Iraq).

[@MetalPhlex]

Is it really though? Are we just not supposed to care about the Chinese government spying on us through your stupid kids using tiktok? Oh ok. Then let's just keep talking about what the parent'sresponsibility should be in the first place then. No please. Go on. These kids need to be "safe".

[@MetalPhlex]

​@@viaakviaThank you. At least someone gets it.

[@El_FzEq]

Letting people finish their sentence is basic courtesy. Are people in the US really that uneducated?

[@pegues2184]

They're worse 😢

[@julieblaha4960]

Yes

[@michaelshultz8973]

Hahaha no, this kind of behavior is mostly reserved for congressional hearings in the US.

[@metalmacabre9991]

Most of them, especially conservatives.

[@chalk6ix_nz950]

Considering a great majority are convinced the world is flat I'd say yes.

[@art_nerd_21]

“he grilled tiktok ceo!” he absolutely did not, he just showed how little they have against the tiktok ceo and how desperate they are to vilify apps that allow information to be spread that they try to distract everyone from

[@KFC431]

And they try to make this title to persuade people from commenting negatively against the tiktok CEO, that's such a desperate move. US is mostly about propaganda instead of seeking the truth. Just like how many americans would comment how they are superior heroes in vietnam war vs the vietnamese being evil, the truth is US did tons of mistakes, sent their soldiers there that mistreat, torture and rape the women. Invaded north vietnam by constant bombardment and agent orange that has attribute of damaging DNA(you can search on google image the after effects/deformities on new borns from agent orange the americans used). But the reason why it started is first, vietnam used to be french colony and France installed a french puppet in south vietnam, vietnamese tried to kick out the french and failed while assuming that they can't beat the white people. During WW2 japan kicked french out of vietnam and then Japan retreated due to US nukes, France tried to make vietnam it's colony again but failed this time due to vietnamese realising that white people are not invincible due to the japanese invasion/occupation. Ho Chi Minh wanted to be ally with US, in exchange, he'll help fight the imperialist japan at the time, but US denied due to pressure from France not being ally with US if the alliance with VN and US were to happen. Then there was fear of domino effect, and the US fabricated an event which supposedly a north vietnamese vessel attacked a US vessel, which upon modern investigation was found out to be a coax, which was the lie that gave US a green flag to intervene in south east asia. The Geneva Accords of 1954, which were aimed at resolving the conflict in Vietnam. As part of these accords, it was agreed that Vietnam would be temporarily divided along the 17th parallel, with the North controlled by the communist forces led by Ho Chi Minh and the South controlled by the anti-communist forces led by President Ngo Dinh Diem. The accords also stipulated that there would be a nationwide election in 1956 to reunify the country under a single government. However, this election never took place. The United States and the government of South Vietnam, led by President Diem, were concerned that if the election happened, Ho Chi Minh and the communists would likely win, given Ho Chi Minh's popularity in the country. As a result, the election was not held, and the division between North and South Vietnam became more permanent. This contributed to the escalation of tensions and eventually led to the Vietnam War. The division lasted until the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976, with the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The reason why all these bad things happen is due to US culture of villainize without going into context and understanding people's perspective(just like in most marvel plot, it's just heroes vs villain who mostly have bad/simple motives into harming others). All this could've been avoided, and even today, vietnam is quite pro-american despite not being under US control, it's just that vietnamese don't like foreign forces to govern their own people. Vietnamese were vietnamese first, and communist second at the time, communism was just used as a tool to push out imperialism/foreign forces.

[@NitroTurtle622]

Exactly right, Forbes should go back to news reporting 101 and also stop pretending you’re Fox News

[@dennis65]

This is another one of those western propaganda news channels

[@South-uh5wu]

​@NitroTurtle622 well all news stations are biased, forbes just happened to be on the wrong side of it this time

[@gaarakabuto1]

He just asked questions with very targeted framing, he wouldn't allow the defendant to answer in any other way than the ways he wanted and he would just keep bringing stuff up all the time that were unrelated to the situation. That cheeky comment about sanctions... Boy I can't imagine the reaction of the person writing down the report. That was a whiplash.

[@HANAH_RAI]

He wasnt grilling anyone. He had a whole convo with himself. 😮 wont let the man answer.

[@NiVi192]

And asked questions that couldn't be answered because they were wrong and/or obsolete in themselves... The man couldn't have been a member of the Chinese Communist Party because, as a Singaporean, he wouldn't have been allowed to.

[@portanrayken3814]

@@NiVi192 it was about children then it turned about china and asking him 100 times about ...................

[@Defathomize]

You can't be serious

[@KFC431]

and they try to make this title to persuade people from commenting negatively against the tiktok CEO, that's such a desperate move.

[@cheeromatic]

i reported this for child abuse cause no child should be subjected to this abuse in intelectual, certainly not from platform like forbes telling people the senator "grill" tiktok CEO. And if it is indeed a "grilling" then the outcome is one and only one : IT'S FUCKING RAW!

[@themadhanna]

American: Well, you keep saying you're Singaporean, but I'm America, and to us Americans, you all look the same, so I'm gonna ask you again. Are you Chinese?

[@WeAretheWorld89]

Are you Anglo Saxon? Blonde hair blue eyes?

[@themadhanna]

@WeAretheWorld89 Nein. I be red-haired, brown eyed, Phoenician/Aryan.

[@adriantan5807]

American? So you are a Mexican? Brazilian?

[@themadhanna]

@@adriantan5807 Nein, I am not American; I am suggesting that that's what the American senator was saying...

[@yaphonghor4409]

Are American Cuban or the South Americans or a German descendant living in US not Americans?

[@alvinp92]

Blame for suicide? Just banned selling guns first. 😅

[@taniarogers-zu8nq]

Well said!

[@arturmbitemo6577]

Good point!

[@onlineghost9813]

like why the hell is a free to join platform responsible for what mentally ill ppl do with their lives???? is tikok suppose to go out of bussiness because someone decided to off themself on camera??? thats no tiktok issue ...

[@quandaliousdingle-r3b]

​@@onlineghost9813the platforms promotes content related to suicidal tendencies on purpose

[@vlpurple8827]

​@@onlineghost9813 thé senator explained that thé Guy types for motivation videos and ended up with violent and glorifying videos about suicide sorry for my poor english i'm french

[@ericp1139]

“Unflinching” is hardly a compliment when Tom keeps asking the guy if he’s Chinese when he repeatedly says he’s Singaporean.

[@smoovay]

Guess Tom is unfamiliar with the term 'expatriate' regarding his work in China.

[@corina6772]

😂

[@Shadowbanned4Lyfe]

Where’s he’s from is irrelevant. What they’re doing is.

[@mdaddy775]

Cotton is cotton-brained.

[@JC-ok4yx]

At least Cotton understands basic biology.

[@gohby]

Americans showing the whole world how unflinchingly ignorant their senators are 😂

[@Mumima100]

What's new?😂😂

[@kingcrimson4133]

​@ihatestans99some people don't have profile pictures yknow

[@MarkyNomad]

@ihatestans99 I'm an American citizen with an real account and I agree 100%, these senators who graduated from Ivy league schools make the country look extremely bad

[@sl4983]

@@MarkyNomad No they don't. Maybe to China lovers they do

[@Dreaded-Flower]

@ihatestans99 hes right. grettings from a real account. try to go out of your bubble and look beyond your borders

[@requiem418]

I'm losing braincells listening to this senator.

[@PrezVeto]

Then you were already losing them.

[@NeoMokgabo21]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@canineatnight6026]

I already have no brain crlls and im listening to this guy loosing my brain matter

[@Freestyle80]

Murican intelligence

[@anthonyreindhardt8139]

Exactly. I feel sorry for him.

[@angelawang3993]

I have a young daughter and I used to worry about her using TikTok. After watching this I am less worried about TikTok but start to have serious concern of how our tax payer’s money has been used and will be used in the future.😂😢

[@UltramarineDad]

Tik tok for kids cancer . Get real and don’t let the kids use that crap platform.

[@AcerLabura]

Biden send your taxes to Ukraine and Israel.. 😂😂

[@selvinlouw7245]

God damn...these senators get paid a salary😂

[@Aryan-qv5qk]

But also regulate TikTok use, trust me shit could get really bad for her

[@MJ-wi1tc]

Your tax money made zelensky a billionaire

[@hmk8996]

This shows what is wrong with American politics. Cotton doesn’t seem to know that Singapore is an independent country, different from China.

[@testdummytd8886]

Mccarthy fascsims of 1940\50s

[@bigdigclutch]

​@@testdummytd8886Mccarthy was right

[@hesedagape6122]

Worst he does not know Singapore does not permit dual citizenship. Have your team check the answers to your questions!

[@LTKing2013]

Of course, he knows they are two separate countries. He just wants to establish how much independence this Singaporean has from the CCP. Which is none at all.

[@asadbek5681]

But singapore are controlling by chinase people right

[@cyrusz6445]

Oh god this CEO is so good. He replied what he should and refused what he should not. The best thing is he was able to hold his fire when that rude guy did not let him finish 99% of his answer.

[@syambakar409]

The senator is asking all of these questions but not letting him answer them properly, he kept on cutting him off. Just let him finish his sentence

[@OneDropEast1988]

The senator phrases is as a simple yes or no question but in this case it is not, it is more complicated

[@aaronbrooks4091]

S is meant to be a show. The senator already has the answers he wants stated, and he actually says them after asking the CEO the quaestion. All of this in pomp and circumstance to make the senators try and score political points for the base.

[@Oceanbluewhale]

The questions are important than the answers 😂

[@Lefnuid-k7z]

it is an kind of interrogation, in order to test his reaction

[@Lucifer-fj7mg]

CEO can’t prove that he is not with CCP cuz he can’t answer anything that’s forbidden to say by CCP. Like, if senator asking me, someone has no fear or tie to CCP, I would just say “yes, I agree with Joe Biden that Xijingping is a dictator”. Because if I were working for CCP I clearly afraid of making such statements to the public. That’s all senator trying to know. And I think the testimony is very clear of it.

[@fvertical2530]

To sum up, Cotton just phrased "You all Asian looks the same like Chinese"🤣

[@MattyW5321]

To refrain from losing brain cells, i couldnt even watch the video, instead i look at the comments

[@NightSketch]

same

[@T3TomTomAwesomeYTchannel]

Same

[@nabilmat7696]

1:17 وأنا مثلك تحس بأن هذا النائب لم يشاهد خارطة العالم في حياته سنغافورة بلد متعدد الديانات ويحد بدول مسلمة اندونيسيا وماليزيا

[@Nurjamila1]

Forbes must be owned by pootin.

[@Gavivi87]

Same

[@iw4075]

As a Singaporean, I'm bizarre about the quality of the US politicians. Isn't that geography 101

[@BlacksheepY-l8q]

No, it is a smart and well-executed plan focusing on reinforcing the anti-China sentiment. The point is not to ask about the TikTok CEO's link to China, the answer doesn't matter, the question especially the repetition of the same question is what's important. And now every headline either being 'I'm not Chinese' or 'I'm Singaporean' or '...denies the link to 'Communist party or China'/'China''. Strengthening the concept of Communism is bad, having link to China is dangerous, there is no doubt no one wants to be associated with China, so stay clear from China and the Chinese. This is the important message. How the media covers the report is also supporting this message. It is very smart strategy.

[@jd2888]

Trump 2024 ,he won 2020 as well except for the Fraud caused by the CCP the their criminal allys in the US

[@AERSKALFA_]

Nope, I’m afraid it’s geography 404

[@josogee]

Tom Cotton is a Harvard grad... image him asking all these irrelevant dumb questions and then image the sheer number of Americans to the left of him on an intelligence scale egging him on. There you have your answer.

[@ITentrepreneur]

It's not about geography, it's about eye shape.

[@ScienceGuy5610]

5:50 Those suicidal videos weren't made by the Chinese. Those videos we made by us and we are the ones responsible for the creation of those suicidal videos. TikTok is just a platform for uploading not for afflicting. We are the ones that are afflicting thereby we are the ones that are guilty.

[@markusmeldre]

5:36 "he killed himself by gun" hmm I wonder what this regarded senator thinks about gun control

[@naleenidas7734]

I disagree with you on that point. Tiktok is indeed responsible for such toxicity on their platform. The world cannot completely live without filters of any kind. It is a social responsibility that Tiktok or any other media cannot be exonerated from.

[@Chenrandyliu]

yea for real, if that's the case then wouldn't Google be in so much more trouble?

[@PrezVeto]

TikTok's algorithms and human intervenors don't have to make videos to be responsible for as many people seeing them as do.

[@paimonisfood4986]

@@naleenidas7734 Millions of videos are uploaded everyday, it's impossible to safeguard each and every user. Maybe, just maaaaybe, parents should take care of their children and their activities online as it is pretty much laid bare for them but instead no, my children are not my responsibility it's the multinational corporation based in Asia who is responsible.

[@abunawpatience8919]

America's congressmen are so foolish. I now understand now why America is constantly declining

[@jenq6751]

He has Harvard degree! Law school

[@nataskiwi]

@@jenq6751yet still foolish

[@Keyit0]

This senator asks bunch of questions but refuse to listen to the answers…

[@henrichandrew]

This is how the Weak behave, keep talking to show how powerful he is.

[@smsteph2011]

Sound like my boss.

[@transfo47]

@@smsteph2011 Look into consulting or a startup if you feel this way.

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

Yep.

[@AlexanderMccarthey87]

Because the guy is lying. The questions are well researched. They're referring to a larger issue that you don't understand.

[@bigsnakepee2342]

Basically just the senator asked bunch of questions, wouldn't let the man finish his answers, then end it with senator's own conclusion.

[@a88pockets]

They were all leading questions with a built in catch 22. So yes and we gotcha, Say no and you're effectively lying as there is zero room for nuance and circumstance. These senators really do appear as conspiratorial and ignorant as their constituencies. What a silly game to play. Also how does one know what the teenager watched before they took their life. Is there a direct 1:1 history that you can browse though showing what tik tok videos were watched and what search criteria was used? Or did that teen's ghost come back and tell the GOP national committee just how bad the commie tik tok machine is? I don't mean in anyway to make light of their death or choice to end their life. I just find these claims to be dubious and purposefully made to seem extraordinarily egregious.

[@TheRoadrunn]

Because its "yes or no" question

[@a.w_.]

@@TheRoadrunnevery “yes or no” question that was asked required context to not allow the answer to be misinterpreted

[@oxdevil]

that is the AMERICAN STYLE OF DEMOCRACY

[@pamsp]

He didn't ask questions, he made the affirmations he wanted and put a question mark after

[@lakenziesmith1225]

This is disgusting. These people aren't practicing law, they're just going on a power trip.

[@coreymonday1375]

This is actually pretty soft atleast they take turns and aren't screaming look at Canada or Europe conduct court it's a shouting match...stop worrying about if your tiktok account will be deleted America is just going to make their own version

[@burningcalmness]

I wonder why he can't answer simple questions... it only needs simple answers...why beat around it... mind games?

[@lagomorphia9]

@@coreymonday1375 Yes, pretty civilized compared to canada

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

its not just about power - it is ABOUT MONEY - THEIR MONEY - from your pocket into theirs.

[@saeeshpednekar]

fun to watch people take tik tok ceo's side.

[@DizzyKSix]

Senator: “Chinese says what-“ TikTok CEO: “What?” Senator: “I KNEW YOU WERE CHINESE”

[@GcinaTV]

😂😂

[@sujitkumarprasad4171]

😂

[@canadian_ray_finkleeh9019]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PownerMusicOfficial]

😂😂

[@alanlts]

This reminds what my daddy once told me. "You will always looks smarter if you speak less and listen more. 😅" Speaking non-stop only show oneself as weak and defensive. Thanks for showing real life example here. Senator

[@BlacksheepY-l8q]

No, it is a smart and well-executed plan focusing on reinforcing the anti-China sentiment. The point is not to ask about the TikTok CEO's link to China, the answer doesn't matter, the question especially the repetition of the same question is what's important. And now every headline either being 'I'm not Chinese' or 'I'm Singaporean' or '...denies the link to 'Communist party or China'/'China''. Strengthening the concept of Communism is bad, having link to China is dangerous, there is no doubt no one wants to be associated with China, so stay clear from China and the Chinese. This is the important message. How the media covers the report is also supporting this message. It is very smart strategy.

[@isokabooks3758]

Scottish proverb : It's better to keep yer gib shut and let people think yer daft than to open it and confirm it.

[@tylersoto7465]

Me : shut up senator and let the man speak ugh 😩

[@BalloonFarts]

Hello CCP bot.

[@zenonorth1193]

Cotton is a walking, talking demonstration of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@talamattar8651]

I feel like I lost brain cells watching the senator speak 😅 seems like he didn’t know what he was talking about and thought the bully strategy was going to somehow work out…

[@micharris1761]

tik tok is the worst for exploiting kids and girls especially, we need to protect kids from these media outlets such as TikTok from helping traffic kids this is shameful, tikTok should be banned in America. but also all other media outlets or social media platforms should be checked on and rules put in place, now it is the Wild West for these kids, and now social platforms are the largest problem in history for kids and their mental health

[@BlacksheepY-l8q]

No, it is a smart and well-executed plan focusing on reinforcing the anti-China sentiment. The point is not to ask about the TikTok CEO's link to China, the answer doesn't matter, the question especially the repetition of the same question is what's important. And now every headline either being 'I'm not Chinese' or 'I'm Singaporean' or '...denies the link to 'Communist party or China'/'China''. Strengthening the concept of Communism is bad, having link to China is dangerous, there is no doubt no one wants to be associated with China, so stay clear from China and the Chinese. This is the important message. How the media covers the report is also supporting this message. It is very smart strategy.

[@Namnamak]

What was that Senator Cotton? ! This hearing was embarrassing

[@2_Timothy_3]

Do you people even know what is happening in the world???

[@ikmalkamal5830]

​@@2_Timothy_3Yeah. America bullying everyone.

[@DrErikEvrard]

I'm a European and I'm in the process of establishing a company in Singapore (and hope to become a resident there). It's a country I deeply admire. The level of education in Singapore is second to none, which explains why they have become one of the leading developed countries in the world. Last year I flew from Singapore to San Francisco (where I have been before, many times even). But despite being a tech hub, the contrast was so shocking, and it's not the only US city that shows regression instead of progression. This senator should focus on fixing his own country instead of bullying Mr. Chew.

[@TheExorcismus]

welcome to Singapore and i hope your business thrives here!

[@DinoAlibasic]

Oh thats nice to hear, so... glad you are moving to China soon

[@TM-qc5oz]

For the kids who committed suicide due to social media, their parents are solely responsible for being ignorant about their child's mental state, and now they are cashing on it by suing the companies.

[@AfridiZindabad]

well said

[@peisongp4553]

Correct.

[@kokliangchew3609]

I'm Chinese Malaysian. In the 1980s, my sister went to Chicago to study for her degree. Her American friends and classmates used to ask her where Malaysia was. Even after drawing simple maps, they couldn't really place where Malaysia was. Finally, as it was only a decade after the Vietnam War, she asked them, do you know where Vietnam is? If they replied yes, she will say that Malaysia is below Vietnam. Another popular question she was asked was if Malaysians still live in the jungle and in tree houses? She will reply yes, and that the American Ambassador lives next door to us in a nice tree house! And they believe it! Americans are really geographically challenged, and for many, the USA is the centre of the world. P.S. Just to add that even some 3 decades later, Americans still seem to be geographically challenged. In 2019, my wife and I were at Yangoon International Airport, queuing for immigration check to enter Myanmar. Next to us in another line, was this middle-aged American couple. To the amusement and laughter of the mainly Asian tourists around them, the husband was insisting quite loudly to his wife, that Myanmar was part of China, and that they were in China!

[@lifewithstaph]

Me when I have to explain where Cambodia is. It’s between Thailand and Vietnam.

[@nvm649]

They're ignorants

[@juliettek.9440]

I think it’s hard for Americans to understand because the size of their country. My home country an island nation can fit inside a few of the states I imagine. I live in Texas but if something happens in New York or Atlanta they ask me if I’m close to it and if it’s okay. When something does happen in my states they think I’m to far away from it because the sheer size of the country. American’s aren’t geologically challenged they know where England is, Canada, Mexico etc. my mom knows where Korea is, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc. it’s just a matter of where you grew up, what languages you speak. As well as how the relationship of language and culture means to you. My mom has no idea where Iran is in relation to Iraq I’m not sure I do. We don’t speak Farsi, Urdu, or even Arabic. So these places to us don’t mean much so why would it matter to know where they are? I know general locations of places like South Africa, Mauritius, the horn of east Africa. Asks me to name major cities of Africa and I may get some right and some wrong. It’s simple cultural understanding.

[@SaraCalvo-cl4rm]

Well... Most of them don't even understand that Spain isn't in Mexico and Europe is a continent, not a country with Paris as the capital

[@ItsASuckyName]

The amount of times I heard people from the US say stuff like "that's an European thing" "he's from Europe" or "they do that in europe"...as if it is one homogeneous thing and not completely different countries, languages and cultures.​@SaraCalvo-cl4rm

[@AACC-n7c]

He wont answer the questions because they are inappropriate for him as CEO of a company to comment about politics. Good on him to stand his ground against the dumb senator

[@fullchicken4492]

Chinese bot.

[@bretellis]

Hahaha this is so obviously a Chinese bot

[@silentgamer88]

​@@bretellis of course you do. It's easier to just say that they're bots instead of admitting that your senator was out of line cause America can't lose in anything right?

[@eddyevodius]

correct, the senator tries to push and corner him but no avail

[@xavaxava9673]

@@fullchicken4492hahaha cheap American bot

[@shadowowner6485]

Don't blame tiktok, blame the parents for not doing a good job protecting their kids from excessive media consumption.

[@Ironheart73]

Amen! I will never let my kids access social media up until they reach a proper age I am confident that they wont easily be corrupted by anything that appears in their newsfeed.

[@lingarajkudari2959]

Not every parents are educated, many have not used it and they really don't know what tik tok or other apps are, they have no idea what kids do in their mobile.

[@Tekevin]

@@lingarajkudari2959 The child shouldn’t even be on iPad or any of that. They should be reading a book or going outside. I didn’t get a phone till I was 17, I read and went outside for fun. The parent know what an IPad is, they know what an internet is, they know well enough what the internet is capable of. Yes it could be prevented. Look at Asia for example, why are Asian so much more educated than American, why are they more cultured, why are they more mature than the average American. It’s because their parents are extremely strict at a young age (children) I’m an American and I can see the difference….

[@calebkai706]

Looking for someone to blame now.

[@SilkySlim951]

​@@lingarajkudari2959 ignorance doesn't remove guilt

[@toastedshoez]

How did this guy become a senator? I feel like im talking to my old white racist uncle.

[@tedsmith3278]

u can become anything u want if u have enough money in the US

[@justrelatablememes]

Shou Chew was totally right about it not being appropriate to comment on world leaders. The questions were nonsense.

[@lifewithstaph]

The Senator is a bully too. Are you scared?! Are you scared?! He sure is professional.

[@josephdeart1055]

BS,, He feared for his life !!

[@adithyasundar2017]

​Don't think there was anything wrong with those questions

[@x01021]

@@adithyasundar2017why should a businessman have to answer? It’s a dumb question. If I work for a company like Ford, and I’m head of the F150 business, I’m not going to insult Trump on live TV (or anyone for that matter).

[@adithyasundar2017]

@@x01021 I think from another viewpoint , All the four questions could have different answers so the senator had to pin point the question

[@LuckyJojo-yb9vt]

Both Chew and Cotton studied in Harvard. The intellectual questionable Cotton became senator for Arkansas. Chew probably represent the brighter batch of Harvard graduates.

[@primrosed2338]

Harvard grads on the MAGA side have made me question the prestige of Harvard nowadays.

[@jliang70]

@@primrosed2338 I think you shouldn't. Tom Cotton was also a graduate from West Point, And remember what Mike Pompeo said about his education in West Point, he said that they were taught to lie, steal and rob. This is sort of characters seems to be carry on from Pompeo to Cotton.

[@Notturnoir]

Harvard, come get your boy!

[@MMLL369]

How would you feel if you see a classmate making 100x more than you? (Clean direct salary per se) Cotton: $174K Chew: est. $22M

[@Mumima100]

A grade student is easily distinguishable from D grade student.😂

[@michaelduggan9918]

Cotton isn't interested in the answers to his questions. This is just political preening

[@TriviaTreatsDaily]

That's 8 minutes and 37 seconds. I'll never get back.😂

[@shosho4real]

This was verbal bullying at it's ugliest. The Senator was trying to box the Tiktok CEO into a tight corner

[@SicMundus24]

racist senator

[@ZeranZeran]

@@SicMundus24 Nothing to do with Racism. China should not be trusted, nor should the CCP

[@ZeranZeran]

@@SicMundus24 Yeah, No. Racist TikTok

[@johnquillman785]

And ? The tight corner would be where you go ......to hide. Not guilty--then no tight corner. China is in bed (maybe literally ) with the President's family. It will surface.

[@neeyku]

He's far from in a tight corner, he's in one of the most comfortable and paid positions in the world right now that profits off of sickness and corruption through massively funded distractions from CCP. What you're seeing from Chew is evasion and notice the smile on his face as he's come well prepared knowing the questions likely in advance. Judging by the seriousness of these issues it's no wonder the senators are emotional when they see lies and obfuscation protecting parties that currently destabilise democratic progress through a highly funded app as people scramble to figure out the crimes before they ruin peoples lives. There is massive political unrest in a fight for stabilised economies, the people who are in tight corners are not at all highly paid CEO's, they're people who are losing their lives to this mess.

[@kr8972]

By watching this video, I fully realize I am not qualified to be such a CEO as Shou Chew. I will feel be humilated to answer such questions and cannot help slapping this senator's face.

[@jefri4176]

Chew is so patient. Gosh,I would have exploded at the senator stupidity 😂

[@sl4983]

@@jefri4176 yeah right. 😂

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

​@@jefri41761:40 says everything

[@mangatalk9263]

So trueeeee😂😂😂 The way this senator talks rly drives me crazy 😂

[@sl4983]

@@mangatalk9263 🤪

[@HyborianYT]

Cotton didn't come to question, he's there to accuse without proof.

[@tomsanger5548]

Both sides of the aisle do it constantly. Similar to the kangaroo court of Jan 6th.

[@partyboat123]

proof was in the pudding.

[@tomsanger5548]

@@partyboat123 Not sure what you mean but OK

[@oysteroid4030]

No cotton was used by the women during the monthly discharge period.

[@andyx3547]

Senator: "Why are you Chinese?" Chew: "Who says I'm Chinese?" Senator: "You are Chinese"

[@LCarefortheworld]

The way this Cotton guy asks questions is sick. He is a bully.

[@NiVi192]

And like the majority of bullies, he lacks fundamental knowledge.

[@ahmedmohamedammade]

More than a bully , he thinks he is the world , but a nobody

[@hanafitalib]

Hihihi the bully gets bullied by the netizens all around the globe! Shame on USA for allowing this kind of Senator to question 😅the CEO of global company

[@derjahgalgion]

Thats the way they do this accusations, just saw other cases or movies

[@Joowder.99]

He wants to be a bully but he indirectly got bullied 😂

[@brandonashford561]

And they say America isn’t racist 😂😂😂 Singapore has nothing to do with China

[@camshutts1735]

TikTok is owned by the Chinese communist party this has nothing to do with race, stop using the race card

[@DNAOrion]

He went to China, taking funds from Beijing, his citizenship is irrelevant in this case. He could be a CCP member without being Chinese citizen.

[@MercedesE63S-AMG]

It is clear that this guy & tiktok does.

[@jamest468]

Are you sure about it ?

[@brandonashford561]

@@jamest468you clearly have not seen where Singapore is on a map

[@expectopatronummf]

He embarrassed himself and the US 😂

[@TrapBoy-o9p]

Sad

[@michaelchokhq]

LoL

[@NiVi192]

And Harvard University... Yes, what you're watching is actually an IVY League alumnus.

[@sengkaiseng]

​@@NiVi192so even they don't know there are more than 1 country in Asia

[@thefunnywatermelon2983]

I expected the CEO's to be making a fool of them selves, turns out its the other way around lmao

[@k.k.c8670]

I went to study in the US for 7 years till the early 1990s. Like many Asians, I admired the American way of doing things. The magnanimous, logical, fair way Americans went about doing things. Not to mention their inventiveness and resilience. They may not have done the right things all the time but they wanted to. Now, 3 decades later, I cannot recognize the America I used to admire. America is being run to the ground by, frankly, clueless people. Sad!

[@Arisaem]

It's the red scare brain rot. But also - Reagan's trickle down lies have made it so young people can't even afford to have children. In 20 years - rent has tripled and wages haven't budged. The birth bill alone costs a year in wages. The working class is being price gouged out of existence. This is why the tent villages are getting so big. We're literally putting bandaids on problems created by wealth, land and home hoarding by the few. It's actually worse than much poorer countries because many of those countries at least allow ppl to build shacks to live out of. Instead our unhoused are forced to live with only fabric as protection from subzero Temps. That and the bomb profiteering are what makes me embarrassed to be from the US.

[@dylanblack3279]

America is being run to the ground by Southeasterners.

[@起智]

To be honest, I feel that the countries of the world are getting crazier, the politicians are getting more extreme, the people are getting more divided, and the Third World War is getting closer

[@morbid747]

They were dumbed down by their msm. It used to be 58 corporations owning the media and today the big five corporations control over 90 pervent of the msm.

[@roystonboodoo7525]

Valid comment, they were really magnanimous and helpful + hard working. Now it's Biden's CCM.

[@Fuhadx]

Senator needs to talk about all that stolen Iraqi gold he’s linked to.

[@SuperHovik]

why? who cares? are you iraqi?

[@StreetDrilla]

​@@SuperHovik what a depressed and miserable life I know you live

[@SuperHovik]

@@StreetDrilla is that so? Im a software engineer brother, i make good money and live in a nice house. Its not that depressing if im being honest. Im actually thinking of upgrading my car next month. Any suggestions my dear prophet?

[@asschezch]

​@@SuperHovikyou sound hollow.

[@SuperHovik]

@@asschezch you really had nothing to say huh?

[@theraysfam]

Asking relentlessly and hoping he slips by agreeing to be a Chinese citizen 😂. But our Senetors need to get basic facts right! Singapore is not China, and neither does it permit dual citizenship

[@burnbrae6948]

You don't have to be a Chinese citizen to be a member of the CCP.

[@aboveanonymous4810]

​@@stand355bro what???

[@quatreunhuit]

@@stand355 what. the. fuck.

[@jackwong230]

@@stand355 do you sit on your brain all the time?

[@lamhaiduc]

Lol

[@cometcx98]

Grills? I think he embarrased himself with this line of questioning to be honest

[@misspollysdolly]

Some of it was stupid but he was right about a lot of it tiktok is a cesspool

[@BhumibolShakyaUAB]

Tom needs to know that Singaporean Passport is stronger than American Passport lol

[@ankokunokayoubi]

No. 1 strongest passport in the world alongside Japan

[@dudebro91-fn7rz]

​@@ankokunokayoubiWhat does that even mean? Does that mean you can go to the most countries in the world easiest with it or something

[@sagitta2012]

@@dudebro91-fn7rzyeah, for example, Americans need to apply for a Chinese visa in order to visit Shanghai while Singaporean citizens don't

[@maggiechan33]

He also needs to learn geography.

[@maggiechan33]

He needs to be removed from office.

[@chillstep4life]

I am from Singapore and I really hope we stop our military alliance from these ignorant people in Washington... Just sad how racist these people are

[@bobbrown8155]

I think Tom Cotton did a very good job. I became aware of numerous issues based on his questioning. Any American should be concerned about the issues Tom Cotton raised.

[@Korialx]

@@bobbrown8155what did he do correctly ? His literally grinding a CEO about political views and litigation, which he cant answer any of those questions freely because it will affect his position and he knows it, his just trying to bait an answer he wants. Asking a singapore whether his from china and ccp is either braindead or just being disingenuous and i honestly think its the former.

[@repulse_]

​@@bobbrown8155Cotton did a good job in showing how much stupidity there is in America

[@sl4983]

@@bobbrown8155 Yes, he did a great job. 🤚🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ledanglove]

You guys cannot as if you say that, the US will respond communist countries like Vietnam will invade you next week lol

[@KC_88631]

This is supposed to be a two way conversation but if Tom Cotton asked the questions and provides the answer at the same time then what is the purpose of this hearing ?

[@ruedelta]

No, almost all hearings are this pointless. They are just grandstanding opportunities for Congressmen to issue soundbytes for campaign season.

[@gingerchili6567]

Bullying act by the senator, so disgusting.

[@freespeech8293]

Exactly. Just a waste of time and a show for the useless politicians to justify themselves.

[@MarkyNomad]

Boosting his own ego. These corrupt politicans don't want to solve the problem, they just want to be right

[@MaiYoulian]

Somebody forgot to do his geography homework.

[@thraungaming824]

The US proving again that they can out-clown themselves.

[@chaubui9122]

OMG, I can't believe this Senator studied at Harvard Law School and is an attorney himself. Unbelievable!

[@shrodingerscat4191]

You're joking He's a brilliant lawyer

[@niarlatotepbasset]

@@shrodingerscat4191 , in what, knowing his special pronounces instead of knowing facts. Wow, no wonder Biden is the president of U.S.

[@shrodingerscat4191]

@@niarlatotepbasset you don't make sense.

[@FireflyAereids]

A brilliant lawyer in a sense of pressure cooker questioning, but nothing more @@shrodingerscat4191

[@sl4983]

@@shrodingerscat4191 Lol, none of these shills do

[@jackwong230]

Do US politicians have this rude habit of interrupting others all the time? Do they all lack basic manners?

[@redbloodreaver4935]

Either they have a time limit or the Senator ate really spicy indian curry for lunch and really needed to go

[@chewychew4761]

As long as you can be louder than the other one, people can only hear your story

[@tester3x]

The senators only have 5 minutes to question. The witnesses know this. The witnesses ALWAYS try to filibuster "yes or no" questionsso they eat that 5 mind away. They rightfully cut them off.

[@jackwong230]

@@tester3x Not all were Yes and No questions but the witness got interrupted anyway. Not all questions can be answered with a Yes or No. I don't think the questioners were really interested in genuine answers but to push their own agendas by "fixing" answers.

[@oysteroid4030]

That explained why America is loosing the leadership to China.

[@poppyharlow4448]

I think the biggest takeaway from this is the fact that somehow a man who thinks Singapore and China are the same thing weaseled his way into Senator.

[@cleopatrawf]

He has the audacity to ask about genocide whilst funding genocide in gaza - the level of arrogance is sickening 😒

[@oofballz4328]

There is no genocide in Gaza. Maybe war crimes, but not genocide

[@gordilloedwin]

​@@oofballz4328one day you'll wake up on that other side, and you will see things very differently, trust me

[@ctourmaline]

​@@oofballz4328 The situation in xinjiang is a million times better than in gaza.

[@euniceling1978]

Exactly

[@quyenluong3705]

@@oofballz4328genocide is part of war crime. Genocide is an act and war crime is a label to such act. What’s the difference ? Lol

[@Jdiehsofy]

Cotton in name and cotton for brains 😂

[@vikkitang8353]

😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@idangusman1257]

😂

[@Sha_shasa]

😂😂

[@jeff6161]

Now I understand why America is so hated by so many

[@MybodyYourChoice]

Hawaiian history of you wanna hate America more

[@sl4983]

Now I understand why China is hated by so many.

[@李天赐-x2x]

​@@sl4983You got a funny brain.

[@huyphamle159]

@@sl4983both superpowers have a lot of dirts in their hands

[@henocksherlock3340]

​@@sl4983at least they're competent unlike our dementia-nomics here

[@kermit1211]

who elected this man to be a Senator?😂😂😂😂

[@jorgej5916]

Is Tik Tok CEO running for any political offices/positions in USA? If not, why would he even needs to answer any of those political questioning?

[@oysteroid4030]

The CEO is answering to Animals.

[@justinlavine9209]

Eh, I can understand why he's asking so many specific questions. As a fictional example, if I told a British exporter during the Cold War Era that I thought tea was mud and preferred coffee, it might give away my preference for American food staples or World War 2 rations. Although this might not mean I'm American, it could indicate I no longer participate in a culturally acceptable practice or tradition. As another example, I recently spoke with an Afghanistan War veteran whose emergency plan in the event of societal collapse was to move to some remote caves in New Hampshire or Vermont with his guns and hunt for his food. I get the hunting idea came from his US military survival training as per his own admission, but why live in a cave? Why live in some caves? The Americans refer to this psychological and behavioral change as "going native". As a victim of a US brainwashing programme, I can personally attest that even diet can change for people subjected to enhanced interrogation and conditioning. I used to be able to eat normal food like a normal person. Now I'm on a restricted diet due to the severity of the stomach issues caused by the stress of the multiple assaults against my person.

[@Executnr]

It's a deposition

[@jorgej5916]

@@Executnr or the same level as "person of interest" just like a lot of other suits/ties legal jargon

[@danifranc7011]

Because this is a foreign app and they need to investigate that it doesn't have political enemy ties. It's fair. The sad part is that the politicians doing the questioning are not educated.

[@madiemakes]

I'm happy I'm not American this is so embarrassing lol. Why is he so obsessed with communists? I was waiting for Chew to be like, "dude I don't care what they do it's just a video sharing app my guy"

[@Tubii22]

Righhhttttt me too!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@hiway19891]

Truth is he does, if you actually watch this very video you commented. This guy was the CFO of Bytedance when the Chinese Communist Party aquired 1% of the company, and then the very next day he became the CEO of TikTok.

[@aceconika]

It’s literally embarrassing for any American for their own senator, which studied at Harvard to ask some stupid questions, and immediately declines any accusation 😂😂😂

[@littlevuggey93]

I'm American and am embarrassed

[@jankanu1]

​@@hiway19891are you in his constituence (look up that word) you sound as challenged as he.😂

[@pechorin5842]

Senator Cotton: If you are not Chinese, why do you look like one?

[@Ricky0122]

He should ask' Do you have a Chinese name' or ' Can you speak Chinese'. Lol He'll get a "Yes".

[@SGT-wz8dv]

Looks like Cotton wool (used for cleaning wounds lol 😂😂!!)

[@swagmuffin9000]

"Chinese people eat food don't they? Do you eat food also?" Lol

[@sis-l1i]

china=singapore

[@darth.severuss]

If Cotton is not European, why does he look like one?

[@loveyourlife_official]

Tik toks CEO is one of the most patient man i must say

[@AChristianFellow]

Yes

[@raihanmaleque7588]

STOP BLAMING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BEING A FAILED PARENTS & FAILED POLITICIAN

[@luckycomments]

Facts. Don’t give your child a phone. Learn how to parent your child and not let social media raise them!

[@ziyu8061]

@@luckycomments You just can't since their friends have phones and chat with each other with it.

[@luckycomments]

@@ziyu8061 that’s not what Amish people say.

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

​@WarmSun_MGMhmmm... But then Tik tok will lose a huge audience

[@ziyu8061]

@@luckycomments If they don't have phone, they'll face peer pressure, at least have less topics with them. This is a sad truth.

[@ices_fires]

Why is he blaming TikTok For the suicide. He should blame the country instead, for giving the Victims harsh environment to let it happen. Aka. crime, racism, Identity crisis etc.

[@troy5094]

Not to mention, what allowed a teenager such easy access to a gun in the first place????

[@SangamNotFound]

​@@troy5094that's a question!

[@passby8070]

you forgot to mention the guns...

[@soulSSeekingbullet]

​@@passby8070Right. Another one of those, you are.

[@MrBrightSide77]

America wants to ban an app but not gun?!

[@andreas815]

so this is what a "hearing" looks like in USA.. i can only hear the so called 'senator' speaks but refuse to hear..

[@AdrianCHOY]

This is a hearing

[@306316]

Hearings in the USA is more or less a show trial. They try to list as many questions as possible rapid fire to make the questioned reveal as much information as they can, then go back and get the FBI or whatever investigation team to look into the validity of every one of those answers. They want to hear what he says on as many topics as possible, so they can attack him on any inconsistencies they might find. The Senator may occasionally throw in some personal comment like the coincidence in appointment to position of CEO, but it's still mostly just bullet point checking the boxes. They're there to catch you on anything they can find, not to listen to facts, much like the American legal system, which is why for normal courts defendants have the right to silence and a lawyer.

[@AdrianCHOY]

@@306316 that’s illuminating. That would explain why he formulated questions that way. It isn’t for the asker to be correct (he can be very well wrong) but it’s for the person being questioned not to make mistakes.

[@willywobble]

this is a "speaking"

[@trinityforce9138]

I hate Tiktok, but holy hell I hate this senator even more.

[@tangotangoh]

This senator is so rude and conscending. He should be kicked out. He's bigot.

[@x1bl0odman]

Kicked out. Hahaha. Good one. It’s never going to happen, they’re all like that.

[@seashellbo]

you are a bit naive. i am Chinese and i know what this senator is doing

[@ivanirias4988]

​@@seashellbodon't act like you're superior, is simple interrogation tactics, kind of what people do in Chess when they quickly move pieces to not let your opponent think properly. Is the type of things I would've expect from Commissioner Gorgory from The Simpsons

[@ot7stan207]

what hes just trying to force the CEO to seem like hes under CCP which he clearly is not @@seashellbo

[@seashellbo]

@@ivanirias4988 what i just said? ccp would probably be the most controlling regime you've ever seen in your life if you get to know about the real ccp. ccp owns the CEO, period!

[@rosrosy5011]

The senator seems to forget the US government HAS BACK DOOR access to everything in America!

[@somethingwelovet2188]

Not true I'm a cybersecurity expert

[@TheFBI911]

​@@somethingwelovet2188they literally do. It has been confirmed by Twitter.

[@ForMusic-dt5le]

​@@somethingwelovet2188Then how NSA leaks showed they have access to everyone's data?

[@MagDrag123]

Then you didn't study hard enough

[@neljade3341]

The Singaporean CEO can't answer the question, because he's always interrupted mid-explanation/sentence EVERY TIME. He was never given the chance to speak his mind. But the senator kept hurling labels about him being CCP and hoped that it sticks. In my country, we have senators like him 😅. All theater! Edit: I have never heard a single question from Cotton about the connection between TikTok and online safety for kids which is the reason for this hearing.

[@PrezVeto]

He could've answered simply, but he knew the direct answers wouldn't look good, so he kept trying to obfuscate and stall. The Senators experience that all the time, so they have little patience for it. How can TikTok be safe for U.S. kids if it's a tool of a foreign power that wants to destroy their nation?

[@Alexis-go5cd]

You would never guess that this conversation is supposed to be about child safety

[@avatarman8061]

This dude's line of questions are utterly ridiculous, embarrassing and straight up bullying. What's so hard to understand he's a citizen of Singapore which does not allow dual-citizenship! And he does not want to get dragged into politics because he is being paid as a CEO and not as a politician like you are

[@sitihawakamis6735]

He should ask NENTANYU this questions lol😅😅😅😅

[@petertong572]

@@cynthusinfinite CCP everywhere, in your house, behind your car, under the garage door. Seriously, unless you have proof (usually bank records), dont make these accusations. is like asking you (if you are white) about your association with Putin.

[@sis-l1i]

china=singapore

[@nfmosphotos4624]

@@cynthusinfinite what a completely racist and ignorant assumption.

[@cynthusinfinite]

of course he's owned by the ccp. Snap out of it, unless you're ccp ai. Hmmm.... looks like serveral df's in this thread

[@onlooker9526]

Yeah, it's about child online safety, so it's appropriate to have someone with a child's brain to raise questions. Bravo 👏

[@nelsontee9833]

Hahah, good one 👍👍👍

[@SmogandBlack]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@a2m2000]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Souchi-ito]

Lol

[@oi-kwoklee7746]

Cotton is not only his name, but also his brain😂

[@nickcreate1681]

Cotton sure loves the sound of he's own voice, since that's what he only wants to hear.

[@BalloonFarts]

Hello CCP bot.

[@CharlesYu1949]

Hello CIA bot@@BalloonFarts

[@oysteroid4030]

@@CharlesYu1949 @sugarfarts will be cursed and bot bot bot ☠️💀☠️💀☠️🧹🧹🧹👎👎👎

[@lionrock2023]

any word on whether he has ever supported or will ever support the rise of the 4th reich? because using his logic, he looks lot like those fellows that goose stepped about for a few years back in last century.

[@shortBP520]

@@BalloonFartsu’ve been pasting this reply over and over again in this place. Seem like u have the bot behavior 😂

[@jerridok2708]

i dont like tik tok but Cotton is a clown

[@oysteroid4030]

I will never let my child to study in Harvsrd sfter witnessing the standard of questioning repeatedly by a graduate .This will bring shame to my family.

[@chrism5159]

true

[@sdhbb_]

😂

[@viewsorcuisine]

The extreme ideological prejudice and Cold War mentality displayed by American politicians shocked the world.

[@nebojsabuhac1442]

Nope, definitely not shocked. We're all used to the US being this way.

[@cindyparker6115]

Don't be naive . Chinese Communist Party are much more powful than US government. If you live in China for a long time, you would have known CCP never stopped the Cold War against Western Contries.

[@jafu745]

Nothing new here. The world has been seeing this going on for decades. One of the tenets of being the greatest nation in the world. With higher crime, homelessness rates but lower education rates than 3rd world countries(per capita). But only the kids choice for gender selection counts despite them not having voting,driving or other rights

[@PrezVeto]

Emperor Pooh, how've you been?

[@jean-marie7084]

And on the other hand senator will probably tell you that guns don’t kill, but TikTok does.

[@RRM13]

Blah-blah-blah from a leftist KZbin ROBOT.

[@bigdigclutch]

Tik tok is Chinese Spyware let's be real.

[@rnt__]

The average US mindset. TikToks can cause terrorism, but guns can't 😂

[@RRM13]

@rnt__ Ok leftist KZbin ROBOT

[@rnt__]

@@RRM13 i'm not a robot. I'm from Chile and I've been to the US twice. A lot of homeless people and junk food 😐

[@internationalvisaconsultantpk]

Senator: have you ever ordered Chinese food?

[@chriscurtain1816]

Online child safety is a very important subject. Most of these questions were totally irrelevant.

[@Mumima100]

This shows the standard of US politicians.😅

[@Aeroldoth3]

"Are you Chinese?" "No, senator." "Huh, so are you Chinese?" "No senator." "Interesting. Let me ask if you have ever... areyouchinese??" "NO. Senator." "Ooh you're good."

[@kevinlification]

He didn't ask if he was Chinese

[@xiwantyoursoulx]

Why the quotations? He never said those words

[@Lee-zc3bf]

It's just a joke

[@xiwantyoursoulx]

@@Lee-zc3bf oh ok

[@vivaldievangelista9208]

Hmm I'm not sure I think Cotton should ask him again just to really confirm if he's not Chinese.

[@deepakjj3112]

Thank God, he is not a Doctor. Imagine him finalizes the disease, then asks about the symptoms and not listening that too..😢

[@chettrahav4817]

U are right 😂😂

[@asotomayor]

At this point I’m more concerned about the state of US education than TikTok. And I’m not even from the US or use TikTok!

[@chlorophyllmorelikeboraphy6874]

This guy is such an embarrassment. Come on GOP, PLEASE give us a leader we can be proud of!

[@Cheesecake99YearsAgo]

Sorry This is not American democracy works But it works in real democracies 😂

[@PrezVeto]

If you're embarrassed by Cotton's questions, then you didn't understand their purpose.

[@chocolatelover030]

​@@PrezVetoI don't know about you, but when the conference is about TikTok and child online safety, and all the Senator ask about is whether the TikTok CEO is communist or not and persistantly pushing the idea that he is a bad guy, I would fail to understand the correlation between the topic and the questions being asked. What's more, the entire video, the TikTok CEO is not given a chance to properly answer the question with the person questioning him constantly talking over him and rudely interrupting without listening at all. What's the point of an answer to your question if you're not willing to accept them? So please tell me, o good sir or ma'am, what exactly is the purpose behind Cotton's questions?

[@javedkumar2107]

I wonder what kind of people would vote people like Mr. Cotton as senator to represent them. It's a pure shame.

[@StephanMok]

I bet the most racist and vocal extremists always gets a lot of votes by instigating conflicts

[@tomarintomarin9520]

Let me guess, Americans❤

[@choongyinchau]

That's not Q&A, that's a speech. Tom Cotton just talk talk talk talk talk, without giving time for Chew to respond.

[@cinpeace353]

Pure bullying. 😅

[@anthonyvilla-real6763]

Remember when the teachers used to tell us as children that there are no stupid questions? 😂

[@ThegreatHera420]

He’s using his own countries politics to argue with someone who doesn’t only not share it, but is completely uninvolved. The whole “you’re communist” or “you’re working for China” thing only works in American politics

[@jeffmiller5880]

Alot of communists on this page.

[@kc_liberty_avenger5001]

Probably Americas biggest problem. Senate can’t touch a globalist conglomerate ceo. Was of time.

[@KP-mw7lj]

even communists don't know what is that exactly, still cold war mindset.@@jeffmiller5880

[@RICHMONDDONG]

@@jeffmiller5880 yeah peckerwoods gon be shuted down both domestically and internationally

[@shirosaomd7146]

Social media is using for sharing ideas. For the US communism is bad. Tiktok is influenced by a a communist party, so to spread out those ideology is as easy as a button

[@Joeym1655]

No one is obligated to share their opinion nor is it possible for citizens of either China or Singapore to obtain dual citizenship. Its too much to expect a US senator to know that.

[@atoriusv5070]

You clearly didn't watch the beginning where this guy openly admitted that TikTok and their parent company are subject to the 2017 chinese law which forces them to turn over any and all demanded data (for users or other data) to the CCP. Or that they have a CCP Cadre in their company. He may be Singaporean, but he's under the CCP's thumb. This means that children's data from every country that allows the app is handed over without a single qualm or prevention. No warrants. No court approvals. Just immediate kowtowing and handing it over to the CCP.

[@lichg97]

Agreed -- it is also too much as expect a US senator to know that China and Singapore are two different countries; who needs to learn geography?

[@toddybeartwitch]

Why is it more important to try framing someone as a Chinese (communist) than protecting childs on Social Media?

[@杜梁]

儿童不重要！政治正确最重要！

[@jace1113]

My guess.. it is purely a power trip and a chance to show how much he hated China. Forget about the topic. Cotton doesn't care.

[@charliemoon777]

Educate yourself about tik tok and communist party and you will know how much this is important

[@clowncargaming8046]

​@@charliemoon777At least commies like the color red, blue is a gross color to have on a flag

[@toddybeartwitch]

@@charliemoon777 Educate yourself about negative effects of Social Media on children which can result in suicide in extreme cases and you will know why this is important.

[@peisongp4553]

I am glad that Singapore is able to prove itself better snd answer stupid questions from cotton like 'Are you part of the CCP''Tiannanmen square'Bro like wtf what does this have to do with the ceo of tiktok💀,'Are you affiliated with the CCP' NAHHH,cotton is finding everything he can to label tiktok as communist,even opinions or fear to answer questions that will OBVIOUSLY result in bad things from the ccp government if he answers it wrongly lol