Watch lawmakers grill TikTok CEO over data concerns

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

[@impulseelectrobrine1259]

You know it’s bad when our gov doesn’t now how internet works

[@labowski5201]

Man that was embarrassing

[@Acestraightshooter]

@@labowski5201 😂😂

[@jeffbridges6110]

lol. do you "now" how to spell?

[@skyepurr8234]

I mean what’s bad is you not knowing the difference between know and now lmao

[@ryu-ur5zz]

@@jeffbridges6110 lol can you shutup?

[@donovan4437]

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...

[@realbossman810]

Those companies aren’t ran by communists

[@RW_CreativeMedia]

They have been doing it since windows 95, with "free emails " and now with FB, Instagram, Google Map... You name it

[@RogerClubv]

Cause it's really not about a national security convern. Our social media companies couldn't compete with Tiktok and we needed our government assistance to shut them down. Play dirty

[@khein2204]

the way they so stubborn make me think, they're so sure that chinese government asked tiktok about us data without any (even one) evidence is because the us government already did the same thing to facebook twitter etc.

[@GIN.356.A]

​@@skeletonz7924 and? Congress has killed thousands of Americans by selling us a phony war in the invasion of Iraq. China hasn't.

[@Mary-zd8xo]

TIK Tok CEO you are super dignified. You handled the bullying with grace. You are the winner. They are losers.

[@Supernimo735]

Hail TikTok

[@Supernimo735]

Yes. No to authoritarianism

[@Miguelbamboo]

1980 - Toshiba 🇯🇵 2013 - Alstom 🇫🇷 2020 - Huawei 🇨🇳 Today - TikTok 🇨🇳 Any company growing stronger that surpassed US would be labeled as “threat” and would be banned..😅

[@mustangx]

China is a threat because China is kicking USA ass

[@jim-jm4jg]

yeah usa keep a gun on your head,and say all your asset is threating them.

[@christmasever_santagogo]

Definitely

[@KeXu-wd5nm]

US companies were also under the gun. Boeing, Cocacola, Microsoft, Facebook...

[@bpang9213]

yes

[@ItzPronto]

Watching the whole thing made me actually like this guy. Congress is so dumb

[@mustangx]

America is going down with all the bs like this.

[@Yconntection]

Think about the world outside the US! They hate you

[@cartonzproz4536]

Stupid related questions same as Mark Zurkerberg. Lol

[@wanliqin]

Considering the U.S. government’s concerns about information security, TikTok established a separate company in the U.S., then stored all the information in the U.S., and then asked people from other countries to manage it. It is still being attacked now, I can only say that TikTok has done its best. This is a generation gap battle, the rest is up to you young people.

[@kittybossatron]

@@Yconntectionok sure

[@cindycao-gc2gq]

They just kept asking questions but didn’t allow Tiktok CEO answer those questions 😂

[@xuweipan4582]

Sooo true

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

He simply failed to control the conversation

[@cindycao-gc2gq]

@@shonenjumpmagneto it’s the battle of 1:n😅

[@matthewmorgan7106]

Yep, not good form. They are wearing their hatred of the CCP on their sleeves.

[@Pfromm007]

Good, that Chinese Spy with a bank account should stop lying.

[@TheJimbo301]

We say there are no stupid questions. But after watching this, OMG the old people wouldn't know the difference between a modem, router, source code, subroutine or firmware. I felt sorry for the TikTok CEO. What is clear is our elected officials need to be replaced. Some courtesy and professionalism would be nice, instead of a "reality drama show". WTF

[@mrrey8937]

well , that was very stupid.........I think I prefer the congressional committee questions as opposed to your comment.

[@worldlife9834]

Boomers like you write nonsense comments without knowing anything about invasive software and apps. I feel sorry for ignorant and uneducated people like you who download apps without looking at the permissions.

[@LuminescenceSalon]

I agree our elective officials should be changed someone much younger someone with new and sort of old ideas if that makes any sense to you. thes eelective officials act like if they own our government they don't even blink they forget that they're voted in there

[@mrrey8937]

@@LuminescenceSalon I disagree. It take years of experience to within congress to navigate in congress, the laws, the knowledge, foreign relations, to properly represent your State and the most powerful nation on the planet. This is NOT delivering a box to a house address. Without the real experience, real knowledge, you will only repeat the past mistakes.

[@User-sssss-543]

Me too

[@stablegenius375]

When the congress man ask questions like: does Tiktok connect to WIFI, the CEO tried so hard to hold it together and not laugh his ass off

[@mangoamigo1188]

that old man is only using a Flip phone hahaha😂😂😂

[@michaele4830]

Its called Cheap publicity. Otherwise, CNN would have the first bite at him

[@mrrey8937]

and yet this is al you can do. One thing is for sure, you could never write legislation which makes me smile..

[@oatmeal5672]

​@@mrrey8937 what is this supposed to mean? No,, I'm curious. Tell me what you mean by that.

[@ericc8269]

Fake news. Nowhere did anybody say that. This is disinformation.

[@teddygraham5230]

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.

[@Tari1778]

Amercian ceo's from social media companies have sat in that seat answering questions about the risks countless times.

[@danachuka]

US internet companies are banned in China.

[@launadiva]

No sh*t sherlock! China isn't one of are allies. Hopefully you're not too daft to know that.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Britain is an ally. China is an adversary & has treated America as such for years now. Britain & America are Member-States of NATO, China absolutley opposes The US & UK's right to unify their military's. Huge difference.

[@_Alimm]

Ding ding ding!

[@joekerr8334]

They have already made up their mind to ban TikTok.

[@jimbobsconscience5159]

You can thank Zucc for that.

[@9and12wholepizzas]

Good fuk tik tok

[@chenango303]

​@@9and12wholepizzas amen it's trash!

[@Pfromm007]

Good

[@lila2028]

@@jimbobsconscience5159 In his best interests, isn't it?

[@paragate1]

These congressmen were definitely sponsored by Facebook and Google

[@Zarozian]

It’s all about money in the end. Our government serves corporations. They don’t care about us.

[@adamdoran1398]

nah they did this same stupid shit to fb a few years back. it was equally painful to watch then as well

[@TheRealChrisBeard]

Not true. TikTok is also much worse than the two.

[@m.barkley4492]

LMAO😂

[@mrrey8937]

prove it........

[@frankchew9737]

“Did your parents know you are an idiot?” answer me yes or no!

[@Candjce]

We need more tech people in congress. Half of these people didn’t seem like they knew what they were even asking about.

[@MH_6160]

Right? Have you heard them speak about gun safety? they are completely out of touch with reality on day to day topics the average American people are worried about.

[@jorgezhao2082]

More than half.

[@aeonstorn7823]

​@@MH_6160When guns on street, they are blaming videos but can't say a word about how the street gets the gun.

[@user-ep3gt3rs7q]

I don't use TikTok. But when you see all these politicians are grilling a company whose boss happens to be Asian, you know it's nothing but politics. I would love to see these clowns grill a gun company for a change. The guy handled it pretty well actually considering the hostility he was facing.

[@TheRealChrisBeard]

You are so naive to China. “Nothing but politics” lol politics involve serious and important decisions.

[@siamcharm7904]

a distinguished harvard graduate.

[@Student0Toucher]

They grilled mark zuckerberg….Why bring up guns?? Its in our second amendment

[@chiworlo5666]

you are dead right , why the congressmen did not grilled NRA for a gun law change, those lethal guns killed millions of American , but this app only an eavesdropping mechanism. looks like congressmen are selectively choosing something to grilled but would not chew something that are hard to chew, unfortunately, this man is called Mr chew.

[@jasoncoates9259]

@@TheRealChrisBeard hey its this joker again who knows nothing lol

[@chunliu4185]

It looks like these lawmakers is living in a parallel time and space with us.their question is funny and ridiculous.

[@user-zp6dz9jw3g]

他们应该退休，把舞台留给更多年轻人。他们垄断政府职位太久了！就会有贪腐，贿赂，政商关系会让一小部分人受益，同样会产生更多贫穷的人。建议修法政府职员不能垄断性任职，尤其关系到国家人民生活的政府职位。看视频中的政府职员似乎都不出办公室，根本没有和普通大众交流，政府职员应该问问民众，为普通大众服务。

[@jamessu1769]

The CEO of TikTok carried himself very well during the questioning. Most of the questions by the Congress members reflected their prejudices, biased views and shallow intellectual understanding.

[@BSU55]

We should not defend ourselves, from China ? Is that your point ?

[@mrrey8937]

He was a good liar.........

[@treva9661]

what are you on? are you stupid? they're associating china with a ceo from SINGAPORE a country that blatantly rejected communism , also the congress is simply not listening to anything the ceo has to say! they do not care , the questions they're asking are so hollow and stupid like does tiktok have the ability to connect to wifi? like YOU CANT TELL ME THAT'S NOT STUPID

[@mikelixx]

Yes. He does a really good job.

[@riley122]

@@mrrey8937 Somehow I can also tell you’re just as old as the congresspeople…

[@lakhbirsingh7242]

They didn’t let him speak

[@bunnynooryani7020]

They should be looking at all platforms with access to so much data on people. In other words, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, KZbin etc

[@tihstaetoggaf]

Those aren't ran by an adversarial nation 🤡🤡

[@95v37]

@@tihstaetoggaf doesn’t matter. The whole jest of this garbage was how TT is pandering sexual Contento minors. Literally Instagram and Twitter do that full-time on a daily basis. ban them all, Social media is the worst thing to happen in this country in the last two decades

[@dannielcruz460]

Easy of them be in our nation but another country is a whole level

[@NttainMe]

Tic Tok is directly connected to a country ready to go to war with the US. None of the other platforms have that connection.

[@MasterVictor56]

There should absolutely look at how that data is used and sold by all of them. In fact there should be laws for this but probably more than half the representatives probably don't understand the internet still because they are all 60+. I guess the point of this is to draw a line in the sand with china on the matter.

[@DRPL766]

They weren't there to hear his answers, they spent 5 hours growling like hyenas against him. Tik Tok is so popular, and they're not doing anything different than Meta, Google etc do to us. Everyone spies on us for their profitability

[@User-mb1tz]

They have a degree in political science "Just pick up a mic and said whatever they want and people will follow" lol

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

China spying on Americans is a lot different than America spying on Americans buddy.

[@wanliqin]

Considering the U.S. government’s concerns about information security, TikTok established a separate company in the U.S., then stored all the information in the U.S., and then asked people from other countries to manage it. It is still being attacked now, I can only say that TikTok has done its best. This is a generation gap battle, the rest is up to you young people.

[@yeetian2774]

US lawmakers: we think…we assume….we guess….u r guilty. 😓

[@mrrey8937]

You have no clue, you guess, you assign blame to easily, they have the evidence, you are wrong.

[@user-zp6dz9jw3g]

先入为主的概念是很恐怖的，尤其在法律界是不能直接去用的。因为法律要讲究证据和现实，而视频中的政府职员却在这么做，这在法律健全的国家很恐怕，就是直接告诉他人你是坏人，但我没有证据证明，只是推断😂😂这样会让很多人不敢做事，美丽，优秀的人，事务，作品，公司，思想都会被恐吓到不敢出现😢😢😢

[@franko1904]

It is simply, your skin is yellow, what gives you the right to dominate any business which should be the birthright of the white???? The previous Trump administration played the race card to appeal to his white supremacist base. Now, all American politicians have to be seen to be protecting their fellow white brothers in order to be elected to a position of power. Remember Trump's war cry "Mexicans are rapists, blacks from shit hole countries, Chinese are stealing our jobs". ...

[@jasoncoates9259]

@@mrrey8937 They have no evidence they provided no evidence there is no national security threat! lol

[@forestt8230]

@@mrrey8937 If there is solid evidence, the company would have been already banned. Have some faith on your country. It is not THAT weak.

[@carlosr944]

the lawmakers were an embarrassment....they could not give a real question based on evidence

[@Mississippi72]

They kept playing mind GAMES

[@user-wn1oq6xg5h]

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。

[@Ra-mx4bo]

they asked a Why question and expect a Yes or No answer.

[@californiagrapes6761]

They don't have to

[@RogerClubv]

Cause the entire thing is a shit show. If we really think social media is bad, then we should shut them all down. Not just single out one company.

[@bluestrife28]

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?

[@thelifeofyb]

facts

[@dragons_hook]

It's not really about tik tok. It's about money. There are companies in the US that will steal and sell your data. Last thing they need is China getting in on the cut.

[@ElJuaritozz]

It was embarrassing

[@DenLim123]

American Congress isn't exactly filled with smart people, when he gave a proper answer, they quickly moved to another question because they knew he was speaking the truth

[@dxelson]

because are are MURICA

[@boom9968]

The congress doesn’t even know what internet is haha

[@ChrisMinusHumour]

The hysteria around other countries stealing your data is ridiculous. If you don't want you name and personal details online, don't enter them into social media obviously.

[@Lamin_G]

0:08 How can the "lawmakers" be "convinced" when they clearly went into the hearing with *preconceived* notions? LOL

[@Ksins1]

If China bans the import of its goods to the US, then there will be no goods in US stores,, and those that remain, the US capitalists will raise prices to the skies for the remaining goods!!! Biden will say this is capitalism, as it was with the banks of America!"

[@Truth-is-King]

CCP propagandist

[@Lamin_G]

@@Truth-is-King "CCP propagandist" as *specifically* evidenced by...? Let's see if you are a thinker or gutless whiner.🙂

[@ismaelcarrillo3956]

It's called a defense. So you think Mr CEO showed up optimistic possibly thinking he could be swayed?

[@zackk4969]

Why some Chiinese buy and sell their wife-s? If I were a US lawmaker I'd like to know, as a cover up are you going to ban all the related news like Chiina has banned You~tube website in Chiina.

[@SolarEclipse002]

This whole thing is definitely giving Sinophobia. If the us government is so concerned with privacy on tiktok, why not look at literally every other social media app (or honestly every other app) that collects user information/data? Seriously, this is such a joke.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Who is paying you to say such nonsense lmfao either that or you're not well informed on the matter. Look up "Xinjiang Concentration Camps" if you wrote that comment of your own free will please.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

I suggest you learn about China, its form of Government, its President which just got a 3rd 5 Year Term. Look up what China does to it's own minorities. They ban them from practicing religion. The put their pictures up on billboards for jaywalking, & that goes for everyone else to, from the petty to the deadly, China is an autocracy that isn't afraid to show it. They lied about Covid & they'll lie about this. Have you heard how China threatened to stop all US investment if the app is banned? Why would they care so much? China like any other nation wants to be powerful, & have the economic & military strength both of which place them at 2nd strongest nation on Earth....when does anyone want to stay #2? Think about it.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

The fact that you don't understand the concept of sovereignty alarms me. Domestic American companies having our own info is much different than ANY FOREIGN COUNTRY. LET ALONE ONE THAT WANTS TO DOMINATE US & CAN DO IT!

[@SolarEclipse002]

@@shonenjumpmagneto no one is going to ‘dominate’ us through tiktok…. relax.

[@jasoncoates9259]

@@shonenjumpmagneto Edward Snowden all i got to say lol

[@bubi88]

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.

[@keitho4465]

Oh no! The NRA is having none of it! If there are no depressed teenagers, many gun shops will go out of business.

[@lin8790]

哈哈哈笑死我了

[@jackngo9715]

yeah but dont ban guns or discuss better gun control laws.

[@bingbong6127]

​@@jackngo9715 "ban guns" yeah lmao, I'm sure people robbing and killing are worried about catching an additional possessions of an illegal firearm charge... Americans are so low iq...

[@bayrambayramli8937]

Very sad to see the future of America xDDD with those lawmakers

[@Pfromm007]

I'm glad you're sad, we are very happy

[@fresetu]

@@Pfromm007 You must be just as ignorant meta asskisser as the lawmakers.

[@gister956]

@@Pfromm007 whos we 💀 our lawmakers are old and out dated they dont understand anything about the modern world or technology a 5 year old has a better understanding on how the wifi works than these old heads

[@jonathanchang1574]

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.

[@MannyFresh4251]

Agreed. The grandstanding is meaningless and transparent

[@9and12wholepizzas]

Are you really suggesting tik tok doesn't send data to china? Holy sheet some people are so dense

[@sus4574]

Chinese spy spotted

[@lila2028]

No they don't. That was obvious the first time they grilled F*ckerburg.

[@brian_Austin27]

Exactly just conservative rhetoric

[@user-vp2kd2zw3r]

I like the body language when tiktok executors explain, because it's like I'm trying to explain to a 1-year-old child why I can't blame the road builder for getting wet on the road because of the rain.

[@mrrey8937]

wait till the end when they ban tiktok and write legislation for data/information privacy. Dont worry, we'll explain it to you later when we translate it to whiney language for you

[@User-sssss-543]

Hahahaha…

[@Alpha4you.]

Data protection law should be implemented to all damn companies NOT on only one company

[@Pfromm007]

Starting with Chinese spy apps

[@dingaling487]

Yeah but then we can't manufacture consent for a war with china

[@Zarozian]

It’s not about that. It’s about serving the interests of Google and Facebook. And about money in the end.

[@TheJimbo301]

I agree!! We only need to look to Europe of even California for a starting point.

[@hinggnorlaw6679]

They won't do that because it is just a political issue and they don't really want to solve not problem.

[@CrIs-yr9ow]

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......

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Read a book please. The Chinese Gov't isn't your fucking friend man.

[@gamingfox6006]

They should focus on homeless priority.

[@jackngo9715]

They want to protect our kids yet #1 cause of death are guns. Congress drunk on NRA money wouldnt dare talk about guns.

[@goodfella1234]

your government does not care about your third world like infrastructure and ridiculous healthcare policy, they are not serving you ordinary people, they are slaves of the big corps and military-industrial complex. Don't tell me you don't know this fact

[@jonathanadderly3458]

How else can they control us

[@renntoo]

Watch lawmakers interrupt the TikTok ceo so he can make almost no arguments

[@aliyanhairborne.4147]

Can even believe these are the lawmakers

[@snoozy04]

As if Facebook, Twitter, Google, KZbin, etc....hasn't done the same thing...

[@Mustafa6ix]

Exactly

[@user-ue2gv5vz1l]

This app can’t be used by Chinese. But tiktok can visited in US.

[@TheJimbo301]

@@user-ue2gv5vz1l So what exactly are the Chinese going to do with my TikTok data? So what if they know what I like and don't like? So what if they know were I am or how I might vote?

[@Student0Toucher]

China banned all of those lol also Tiktok is our rivals

[@MohamedHassan-nq5pd]

But they won’t handle information to our adversary.

[@tceechia]

At this point, I trust the CEO far more than these lawmakers.

[@hellohallo6669]

He seems to be the only clever one. 😂

[@DonYang73]

Can any on these Congress people say 100% that they have never lied in their lives ? Yes or No, its a simple question.

[@jfortier23]

Our own US Govt’ can’t be “100% certain” about anything…

[@user-wn1oq6xg5h]

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。

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

​@@user-wn1oq6xg5h That's good.

[@longshenv5]

Tax is certain.

[@Pfromm007]

Our? Stop pretending you even live in the US

[@Zarozian]

@@Pfromm007 Our President is Biden right? If so then he does live in the US and he’s right.

[@KaiseruSoze]

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.

[@jackhughes1234]

you know, if you’re gonna weigh in on a very complex political topic, you might wanna know how to spell the company you’re criticizing.

[@jimbobsconscience5159]

That lobbyist is Zucc.

[@9and12wholepizzas]

Good atleast they will get in trouble for selling data in based in the US

[@jackie2-g8l]

Ofc Suckerberg is doing this lobbying

[@Ksins1]

If China bans the import of its goods to the US, then there will be no goods in US stores,, and those that remain, the US capitalists will raise prices to the skies for the remaining goods!!! Biden will say this is capitalism, as it was with the banks of America!?

[@non-blogger]

No matter how many times you say "it was a disaster for TikTok" won't change the fact that it was a disaster for Congress

[@stanleyhuynh1659]

Watching those lawmakers or members of our American congress. I feel ashamed to go to pole for cashing my vote to these people. They’re sound like unseasonably gangster gaining on a little man who try pleading to the gangster not to harassing him and his business. I feel you, man!

[@KevinNiven]

Isn't this more about Facebook and Google losing tons of money on AD revenue?

[@jimbobsconscience5159]

Bingo. Zucc has been working overtime to ban TikTok

[@9and12wholepizzas]

Lmao you obviously have never paid any attention to network security risks with tiktok. This sheet came out over 4 years ago. Stop being a r t ard and DYOR

[@graciaassaka8171]

At least someone says the truth

[@deborahfreedman333]

Have you never heard of adblock?

[@andreware7638]

Google will lose more without tik tok, all apps pay a percentage of their profits to stay in the store and tik tok is a huge moneymaker

[@noobicorn_gamer]

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?

[@2TrillDtx214]

Well they know how china is and tik tok is horrible for children.

[@sus4574]

Shou could’ve gave viable defenses if china didn’t actively use tik tok to spy on users

[@wei270]

@@2TrillDtx214 tv is horrible for children too why don't we ban that.

[@XXMatt0040XX]

it needs to be scientifically studied but i think it's obvious that tik tok and it's format of very short content is literally damaging the overall human intelligence, more than others like tv and youtube. This of course doesn't matter to politicians but I think it's an easy to make observation.

[@xJMAN92x]

In America you have freedom… lawmakers are appointed… therefore people will not elect leader who in turn will mandate every activity… Yes society has problems, but unless the meeting was going to be on forcing individuals to behave XYZ (instead of banning certain platforms and thereby banning SOME activities) then the meeting is going to be as the meeting WAS : about a specific subject and in this case Tik Tok….

[@JeedM]

Some of these lawmakers were asking questions that only an old grandpa would ask. Completely irrelevant

[@letisriva8581]

Grandpa like Biden or Putin 😜

[@JeedM]

@@letisriva8581 Grandpa like Biden yes. I'm not sure if Putin is as mentally "not there" as Biden or Trump or half of the members of Congress.

[@leongyet9896]

Tiktok is deemed horrible for kids,but porn is not Weird people in the Congress.

[@benlow5537]

Lets not forget that Facebook lobbied to make this happen.

[@lila2028]

Yep. Dollar to a donut they already report everything to the U.S. government. but that's OK, right?

[@Pfromm007]

Good, finally something good from Facebook

[@drunkenn1nja]

@@lila2028 yeah

[@deborahfreedman333]

A pyrrhic victory. They'll be next.

[@lila2028]

@@deborahfreedman333 Nah. Our government does not have the bazoobies to pursue them.

[@MrRipley3]

This was embarrassing for Congress…seriously, they questioning convinced me to delete FB and Instagram…

[@danaofthefunk]

I have never been more embarrassed. All of them self reported their how little their understanding of technology is. As if fb or other platforms don’t do the same things tik tok does.

[@leeishere7448]

I love how all news channels say that they're "grilling" the CEO. It's almost like they're all controlled by the same person. Oh wait, they are.

[@joekerr8334]

It is OK for teenagers to access porn but not TikTok... Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@veerodriguez1751]

Yeah, they didn't let him talk

[@9and12wholepizzas]

You didn't even watch thr hearing but OK let cnn cut the clips for you.

[@sus4574]

CNN supports China ofc they let it seem that way, if tik tok wasn’t a Chinese spyware application then maybe he could come up with solid arguments

[@jasoncoates9259]

@@9and12wholepizzas they did not let him respond at all and why watch mainstream media BOUGHT AND PAID FOR lol

[@meikong6317]

I did not use tiktok, but i downloaded the app after watching this😂

[@KevinSar]

The fact that they said this was a disaster for TikTok 🙈 it was not, this was a disaster for Congress

[@krisfrederick5001]

This video is far too long for TikTok 👀

[@launadiva]

😂

[@kyle-october]

It's not, Tiktoks can be up to 10 min

[@bologneseprince]

Wrong you're a liar

[@nico-pf4jn]

There is a degree of Sinophobia here from the congressmen and women

[@Kotak8]

Did you just wake up from your sleep? Sinophobia started more than a decades ago.

[@nico-pf4jn]

@@Kotak8 man any phobia started ages ago. Not surprised. Just a heavy observation .

[@IQjohnking]

confusing Sinophobia and anti-ccp, what a classic line from wu-mao .

[@nico-pf4jn]

@@IQjohnking at this point I think anti ccp and Sinophobia are intertwined within the US senste

[@ale-0-0-]

The tittle for this video should be: “LAWMAKERS EMBARRASE THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF TIKTOK CEO” 😂😂😂

[@JukeWoo9263]

Unfortunately as a Singaporean the CEO failed to prove that he has an American face and heart. Just ban it outright. In contrast, its competitor, FB committed to data leak several times, it will never be banned.

[@Pfromm007]

Facebook doesn't sell information to foreign enemies.

[@inazhou8889]

闭嘴吧 tiktok是全人类的发声工具

[@pacman7286]

Facebook and Twitter want TikTok gone.. The greed is Real

[@wanliqin]

Considering the U.S. government’s concerns about information security, TikTok established a separate company in the U.S., then stored all the information in the U.S., and then asked people from other countries to manage it. It is still being attacked now, I can only say that TikTok has done its best. This is a generation gap battle, the rest is up to you young people.

[@xgguo3531]

MR Chew did the hearing quite well , under unfair situation that congressmen/wormen either did not let him speak or did not ask a clear question with solid evidence.

[@ptliang011]

Sell it to us or be banned. This is also called "Highway Robbery". Pathetic.

[@Sherry-xf9li]

they kept interrupting him when he was trying to address the main issues

[@slippylunatic]

Thank you Mr Chew for uniting democrats and republicans together 🤝🤝🤝🤝

[@sa4769]

💯

[@JuanGonzalez-wz9go]

It's that you china joe??

[@Pfromm007]

It's good to know that we can recognize when something isn't a political issue but a matter of national security

[@medic145]

it's great when your politicians can be united by tick-tock games and not by the real problems of the American regime in its foreign and domestic policy

[@hdtvcamera1]

When Trump suggested it, democrats called it racist and xenophobic

[@kingMT514]

Oh yeah, they SURE did "grill" Shou, won't even let the man speak. And the professionalism - "You know damn well" - forget about it. It was never about TikTok.

[@kend1179]

Why can’t these politicians be like this on gun violence, and border.

[@User-sssss-543]

Do those old men really know what is internet ?

[@Kirralee09]

Got to say, regardless of what happens to tik tok, its CEO is a goddamn fine smoke show. Damn, thats got to be one of the best looking CEOs I have seen in a while. My man looks sharp

[@huangxiaoxie]

Lol same thinking here, regardless the outcome, he’s HOT

[@BeeepMe911]

Relax

[@joekerr8334]

And smart too !

[@User-mb1tz]

Man it must have being so annoying surrounded by politician with a degree in "Talking". I would go insane if I was the CEO, stuck in a room filled with children and toddlers.

[@Lucifer-fj7mg]

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.

[@tejiccgd]

Hi, the US Goverment- I mean, Hi, CNN team! Just for info, the TikTok CEO was literally so calm and collected during the meeting AND he was grilling them.

[@noeumdin9914]

The lawmakers know how to use the internet? 😂😂

[@labowski5201]

One asked if the app could connect to wifi…

[@artwolf2009]

Asking questions you should be willing to listen!

[@rmygames]

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.

[@labowski5201]

It was blatantly obvious these questions were by technologically inept individuals .

[@wanliqin]

Considering the U.S. government’s concerns about information security, TikTok established a separate company in the U.S., then stored all the information in the U.S., and then asked people from other countries to manage it. It is still being attacked now, I can only say that TikTok has done its best. This is a generation gap battle, the rest is up to you young people.

[@joechew1412]

The funny thing is, another country also can question data stored in the US but they never do so.

[@keymajor3120]

It’s unbelievable this what our gov. Is concerned about….TikTok must be taking a lot of money out of somebody’s mouth because It’s the only thing that makes sense for this hearing… it’s always money IMO

[@kqwilliams]

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.

[@la7era1u54]

They should ban all (anti)Social Media apps. They are a rot on society

[@InJunoWeTrust]

you're commenting on one though

[@shiftymcgee9359]

@@InJunoWeTrusttrue. But if comments were blocked it wouldn’t matter to some.

[@white69cracker]

North Korea welcomes you to their time

[@BUSeixas11]

No. Only Tik Tok poses a national security risk.

[@goat7651]

Naw just tik tok haha utube the best haha

[@vigilanttt619]

what’s messed up is he’s not even chinese he’s singaporen

[@tsunshinegal9102]

Let me add in . Mr Chew is Chinese by heritage, Singaporean by birth & citizenship. Just like me 🤭 We have Singaporean chinese, Singaporean Malay, Singaporean Indians & Singaporean Eurasians.😊

[@nickiee4022]

I can't believe they still don't know how the internet and data works.

[@montebrown9528]

Congress members already have the dark money from Meta in their bank accounts so of course no matter what Mr. Chew says it won't matter. Just think it's wrong that one company can use Congress to take out the competition. Think that is just wrong.

[@montebrown9528]

I hope Joe considers very carefully before he bans TikTok. He will be pissing off millions of voters that otherwise would probably vote for him. It could very well be a deal breaker for him.

[@montebrown9528]

Through this whole ordeal I think about all the folks in Congress that would sell out their country in a heartbeat for a buck. Don't think the problem is with TikTok. We have a serious internal problem.

[@chileshechamululu6363]

The first time I have seen the media not really reporting what really happened 😊

[@cyeang6478]

Tik Tok CEO handled it very well & Calm. 👍👍👍.

[@joannayuan6869]

They’ve made up their mind already.

[@alexwood8692]

I sure hope so

[@ruggeddiscipline6026]

This will not save the dollar hegemony

[@Shemmymonster]

Why not ban politicians and government employees from using the app. Other then that what type of information could they possibly get from regular people working a 9-5 lol. The government already sees everything we do, selling tik tok to the U.S. would just give them another platform to watch us on

[@oceanpineshandyman]

They can change behavior predictably, en masse, to the Chinese Governments liking. It’s a humongous national security threat

[@OOKIEDOKIE]

How embarrassing for our country. Do the politicians really not get prepped by experts before coming to these? Seems like common sense. They clearly have no idea what they are talking about.

[@chamnolthai5229]

I feel bad for him😭

[@_poetz9738]

These politicians are not qualified to speak on these matters.

[@lila2028]

Clueless, utterly clueless.

[@sus4574]

Why not

[@codex7047]

Why are they? Because they are politicians? I think they sound like they don’t really understand technology, they should get people who are at least comfortable with technology don’t you think?

[@_poetz9738]

@@codex7047 exactly. They like to be theatrical and none of that extra 💩 matters. Get to the facts.

[@JohnFreedman0]

@@codex7047 They established that the TikTok was collecting data. They seem to have assumed they are giving that data to the CCP. TikTok is owned by Bytedance which the CCP has a 1% stake in as well as one of Bytedance's 3 seats on the board in Beijing. Seems like it checks out.

[@SenorUnbroken]

Why not do the same law that Europe has with data? They’re not allowed to move the data outside of EU, even through the internet. The data has to be PII (personal identifying information) can only be accessed within the border of the EU.

[@SenorUnbroken]

The law is called the GDPR (General Data Protection Agency)

[@Lifegoal2030]

How do the politicians make money that way? That’s not a good business model 😂😂

[@spencerhsu4368]

The best way to deal with fools is to be quiet, especially when you are with a group of idiots

[@mrphonebreaker6218]

We had already given up on privacy when we started to use tech.

[@chilledd2137]

Love how they’re worrying about tiktok and not the fact that half the country is trying to ban books and people.

[@tihstaetoggaf]

Cope and seethe in your make believe world

[@Lesmore187]

@@tihstaetoggaf stirrin the pot

[@kaumealexander9581]

For one that would be a state issue and two they're not banning books in the way you meant it. They're banning pornography.

[@GivePeaceAChance12]

They can do more than one thing at a time, just like everyone else.

[@akaXoogle]

Theres a difference in banning books and stopping monsters from brainwashing children. Young kids don’t need to be learning about anything sexual in school you lunatic

[@aquaneon8012]

imagine the reaction of the tik tok influencers losing their only job when tik tok gets banned

[@Freddie2916]

Yeah prepare for a major meltdown lol, but I imagine another App will just come take its place. Like tik tok took the place of Vine.

[@thomasgarcia8118]

most social media influencers are already on reels and yt shorts and have accounts on them so they probably wont be losing their jobs🤣

[@SR-nx9wi]

ppl will then find an actual job n put some contributions to the country .

[@Pfromm007]

There are plenty of other apps and platforms they can go to

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

They will have to eat Tide pods off camera.

[@leehoonloh9017]

Don’t even face these bullies. Spare him. They intended to ban TikTok already. Disgusting.

[@hipposamadesu]

When they asked whether it can access WiFi, I am facepalm. Is there any smartphone app that cannot connect WiFi?

[@JGtamales]

Anyone who watched the hearing could tell you that it did not make Tik Tok look bad. In fact, it made our representatives look bad and you should question why a video like this is peddling a different message.

[@alexwood8692]

Not me. I loved it. Unbridled, unrestrained disdain for the ccp

[@jasoncoates9259]

@@alexwood8692 well you just showed your opinion means nothing if nothing can change it lol

[@Bomberman66Hell]

​@@alexwood8692Shows that you are completely tech illiterate.

[@alexwood8692]

@@jasoncoates9259 you new to the internet? Even if I were to change my opinion, that's not how you'd go about doing it lmao. Tell me, why should Americans not have disdain for the ccp?

[@jasoncoates9259]

@alexwood8692 nice whataboutism instead of acknowledging the states classic internet lobbyists and useless to talk to keep asking questions putting all the work on me why don't you tell me why America is so great?

[@Thousandeyes85]

These hearings are so ineffectual. Nothing has ever changed from any of them

[@VL-inquisitor]

China is supposedly a totalitarian country and a hostile market, but Tim Cook/Apple is so welcomed to do business there. Yet, the US is supposedly a democratic country and an open market, but Shou Chew / TikTok is threatened with a ban there? I wonder whether these 2 countries have traded positions recently??

[@MattyAviation]

Blud who is getting grilled they just keep interrupting the poor man with stupid basic questions, then refuse to understand the answers 😭😭😭

[@brian_Austin27]

Our lawmakers are not good on asking questions or giving it🤦🏾‍♂️

[@fuckgooglefuckusa]

Americans are so gentle. They can rob, but they still held a hearing. It's touching.

[@LeeFoxPhotoshop]

This is so embarrassing...we should ban old people who have no clue about modern technology in the congress! Would be a better move for our safety!

[@ThatFaceMelter94]

Off-Topic: Melanie Zanona is an absolute marvel.

[@clisaa6974]

^every social media app has similar issues. The most serious being issues related to privacy. But it’s also a place of a lot of good! The issue is how to regulate it and make it safer for children… which when I have kids I won’t allow them to have any social media until they are in high school cause it f’s there head up.