What does TikTok share with China? CEO grilled by U.S. lawmakers | QUESTIONS

TikTok CEO Shou Chew was grilled by U.S. lawmakers over the social media company's ties to the Chinese government.
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[@Mrasianpopmusic]

She is trying to force him to say things she want which is basically stupid and this kind of authoritarian behaviour is not so called democracy

[@Pradarapada]

If you’re worried about TikTok Facebook has been collecting data for years

[@derek8564]

yeah. But facebook isnt sharing data with a hostile foreign government

[@Julius1225]

Fb one the biggest s...t wside wich should be closed down since the beggining !b

[@jinyang9371]

Period 💅

[@zambroata]

Yeah...they feed those info to chatGPT

[@shounakg]

they are worried about who that data is going to, collection isnt the problem. destination of the collected data is!

[@Peanutbutterfingers]

Please answer yes or no to this very nuanced question that doesn't have a binary response. Oh and remember that if you answer wrong it's a federal crime. This whole thing is absolutely moronic

[@wildman1111]

Sounds like the Liberals in our Canada's parliament answer the Question yes or no

[@SN.LurkinG]

@@wildman1111 I think that's more because the PMs have a way of dodging the question entirely, so we need to force them to answer the question... at least Chew here seemed to be very wiling to give a more comprehensive answer to most of the questions

[@tanmay4834]

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[@willywooca]

STUPID QUESTIONS from congress, and GREAT ANSWERS from CEO !!!

[@nyandapatrick2459]

This lawmakers are just clowns with alot of hate in there heads full of colonial mentality

[@dth91]

their, but i agree

[@LeahHLI]

Is she asking questions or statement?

[@kenjinsakura]

Copy paste my reply: This is how a congressional hearing works. Heck, this is a how a trial works. You know the answers beforehand, both prosecution and defence or in this case, whether you're for or against a ban. You don't ask questions for the sake of hearing the answer. You ask questions to make a statement that supports your position.

[@exarkun8250]

This was a show trial. They asked so many loaded questions, didn't give him any chance to respond, and demanded YES or NO answers.

[@liechinmannorman5140]

It's a case a Yes, I win or a No, you lose. Chew has his arms tied behind his back in the sparring ring with this Witch of the Oz from the West.

[@maverickstar8243]

Why they should give a chance.

[@VoltsNBolts]

Who can guarantee anything 100%? That's just stupid.

[@Frankhorrigan-bq5cn]

@Ahmet Tekin you’re a moron if you don’t see the difference between certainty in that and certainty of the actions of others.

[@letisriva8581]

@Ahmet Tekin are you?

[@user-gg7jx8yk8q]

​@Ahmet Tekin To get that answer you need to do a DNA test, AKA EVIDENCE. Asking the CEO of tiktok questions like "Do you remove so and so", he can't answer no if there is the off chance that the algorithm AI did remove it.

[@joshuaombaka3116]

@user-gg7jx8yk8q DNA gives the probability that is never 100% too. Reason is you can't assure anything at 100%. Especially with Technology.

[@joshuaombaka3116]

@AhmetTekinA not 100% though. There is a chance you might not be!

[@alfredthys4669]

With those stupid questions they wanted Chew go to off the deep end. Great job Mr Shou Zi Chew for keeping it cool, it wasn't easy for him to answer stupid questions.

[@summerwinter3796]

The woman is too rude. It is very uncomfortable to listen the questions.

[@liechinmannorman5140]

Chou only put up with her for a while. The sympathy should be due to her husband if she still has one.

[@waldozhou6907]

The lady is not only a lawmakers, but also is a spokesman of Facebook.

[@michelles9943]

Everything she is saying, replace TikTok with Facebook and it would be all just as valid. She is doing a witch hunt by the way she is talking. 100% show trial. 0 chance to respond. YES OR NO ONLY. Give 0 chance to untwist many obviously twisted statements and twisted accusations. Imagine having to grow up with her as your mother.

[@za7v9ier]

that's a conflict of interest

[@pengfeiwang9923]

That makes sense.😮

[@spidey5324]

@@pengfeiwang9923 Only Facebook can exploit our data....

[@SN.LurkinG]

That doesn't seem to be true... do you mean Cathy McMorris Rodgers? Can you please share the source because I couldn't find anything regarding her affiliation with Facebook.

[@LaMereACaniche]

The only thing this hearing confirmed is that the average congressman is incredibly tech illiterate. What an embarrassing display.

[@queenofpain6483]

Ban everything and only read toilet papers

[@Julius1225]

[@Shabkaz]

Why are they only asking him gotcha questions ? Instead of a fair trial they are just using their biases against him

[@kenjinsakura]

This is how a congressional hearing works. Heck, this is a how a trial works. You know the answers beforehand, both prosecution and defence or in this case, whether you're for or against a ban. You don't ask questions for the sake of hearing the answer. You ask questions to make a statement that supports your position.

[@whythissucks829]

america in a nutshell.

[@tor13128]

@@kenjinsakura does it work the same as a trial where the other side gets to present the whole perspective back and there are rules where the jury/judge cannot be biased for either side?

[@spidey5324]

Any American TikToker can be a better congressman and lawmaker.

[@zhubinphua2824]

Why does it feel like when the congressmen speak I feel like a slaveowner is talking to me

[@chrismiller1183]

Could it be because you have a slave mentality?

[@jinkim917]

Whether it's Facebook, instagram, anything Google, apple, tiktok, snap etc.... They all got yer data....

[@shopkedai]

This Chew deserve our respects for sitting before these hawks who were eager to send him to jail using Federal Crime. Now we are seeing the racist attitude toward non American own company.

[@redharuka]

Who can be 100% sure, when you are a platform that is actively used by hundreds millions of users around the world, uploading tons of content every minute.

[@Fettikun]

As a ceo these are questions you should be sure of especially when appearing before congress

[@MultiCklee]

Madam Chair, Can you be hundred percent sure your husband won't cheat on you ?....🤣😂

[@BoazKiriama-do3xy]

​@MultiCklee 😂😂

[@Ken-yp1dg]

This from of questioning is unfair and shoudnt be allowed.

[@derek8564]

lol why?

[@Ken-yp1dg]

@@derek8564 Why lol? Because often the questions asked are biased and require a detailed answer. In this forum, the answers aren't required.

[@Ken-yp1dg]

@Ahmet Tekin It's unfair because there's little opportunity for a response...but that's very clear to see.

[@jorgej5916]

the lawmakers didn't "grill" anyone. they embarrassed themselves with sub-standard congressional hearing. not allowing the poor guy to respond in full, not once.

[@Lemongrass112]

Become seriously successful in America ? This is the treatment waiting for you. The world is watching.

[@shanad.8460]

These guys went to school and this is how they ask questions.

[@simon7585]

I suggest that woman should do some homework before she propose these questions that sound quite stupid.

[@Julius1225]

We should buy a nice "toy" for her :)

[@cosmiccorp7837]

Have you stopped eating poop? Yes or no? Both makes you guilty.

[@SGTpalmateer]

Such an embarrassing moment for the USA lol, how are they on congress 🤣

[@Parabol76]

Holy crap she was savage with this 🤣

[@maxmax0]

These idiotic politicians! Who can be 100% of doing anything?

[@sglearning5996]

with this congress meeting the world now know who are the bullies

[@SuyinYan]

4:55 why even do this whole meeting if you already made up your mind to begin with :/

[@99btan]

Can you say with “100 %“ certainty that these questionnaires are fair? Pathetic.

[@user-mb9zi6fi1o]

100% ， can you guarantee you are 100% impartial at this hearing？ WTF

[@SgForeverSg]

Lol. Why is there a need to ask the questions she did? She might as well just assume and state whatever she wants. Wait….she did, at the end.

[@chengzhong5195]

[@retf054ewte3]

do they have to go to these ridiculous hearings and be questioned? could he refuse to go there and be questioned?

[@tilton60fps12]

If they bring up the Dec 22 incident TikTok is done

[@firstlast5296]

Wall street, wall street.. get wall street CEO to be in the here

[@edwincalderon4748]

He wasn’t grilled lmao

[@gongli1996]

Grilled? More like dug their own grave.

[@eggzzdee]

The whole Congress sharing one braincell.

[@liechinmannorman5140]

The way she framed her question I couldn't be 100% sure that she is a woman.

[@Julius1225]

Maybe she's one of the new AI model...looks like !

[@adityamittal4357]

I never said I'm benign. You said I'm benign. And then you want me to make commitments to screw my data business over under your own assumption while every other company does the same. These lawmakers are a joke. Imagine a cop stops you on the road and goes ... I think you want to be safe on the road yes? Why don't you make a commitment today not to drive on the road anymore so we can all be safe?

[@metdukhphom9064]

This is absolute disrespect from the house. At least one is esteemed gentleman. Asking questions as if to primary students.

[@nurhirabe9370]

She is not letting him answer questions. Whictch hunt?

[@abelmsaki]

100%certainity is delusional

[@adityamittal4357]

She's not asking questions, she's just pushing her existing conclusion. Let's say I want to prove you're a robot and not a human so I ask stuff like: "Tell me with 100% certainty that you can't quickly do the dishes as fast as any other robot might? Yes or No?" "Have you not interacted with any robots or automations in the last week? Yes or No?" ...

[@djseb2583]

Actually, no, he did the grill and he did the roast in two lol 😂 they don’t even know what Wi-Fi is

[@shanad.8460]

Sounds like it’s all about Money

[@osimese]

yes or no. it u dun answer my question, i will take it as a no.

[@djseb2583]

Do we just forget about Justin Trudeau record a part of that conversation

[@tonicalloway7227]

They're pinning this guy's ears back..

[@lukesmart3071]

Key..important questions are deflected.

[@Pradarapada]

Or can’t be answered so simple with yes or no

[@lisun5828]

so rude

[@genuinevt5762]

Just answer YES or NO to an evil hearing show.

[@suweeswenson8821]

All data collection should be banned ..it's against privacy of public ...

[@miraya999]

FREE MILES GUO ! Miles Guo is a hero ❕

[@davidcampbell1899]

What a C

[@alimurtaza-je9lo]

Why criminal thing

[@alimurtaza-je9lo]

Criminal is government

[@forestybytes]

CEO looks guilty. He has dodged questions, reluctant to respond, pretending to be innocent. So many countries have banned tiktok , must be a reason.

[@TheTreMaraWorld]

Queen Karen

[@francisbacon2401]

Exposing political corruption

[@Dancewelll]

"grilled" 😅

[@urimtefiki226]

Are you selling my algorithm to anyone?

[@sagaradhikari5185]

What's difficulties with tik tok needing with eased mindset......

[@ramsinte]

Usa need to ban north vpn too. did they know how internet work in a free country 😂😂😂

[@dooo0000]

Wechat is the next 😅

[@jinyang9371]

They’ve done WeChat before but the never banned it

[@sushiking1965]

Such a bully

[@miraya999]

Free Miles Guo ‼️

[@alimurtaza-je9lo]

Are you really government kai.

[@zambroata]

Any of these congresman had tiktok in the smartphone?

[@maverickstar8243]

Super. Get them banned for life.

[@shangtiwu]

talk pathology positive peaces commerce no theft babymilk by medical staff carences starving not healthy laws fee

[@deathward990]

Why not just ban the tiktok. India has already banned tiktok

[@gsmith6276]

Lmao THE UNITED STATES GOT GRILLED

[@chrisangus463]

Corporation's are subject to money flow period.

[@Alexander-gk3iv]

Canada needs to ban TikTok, Huawei, ZTE, Weibo and start investigating larger section of the Canadian country all data, software, hardware, organisations. Find every needle in the hay stack.

[@utsavmewada2828]

Ban Tiktok

[@denis4800]

Joe Bidens brother right there... pretty slow

[@juncandelaria4281]

This guy is spy

[@tednguyen7258]

no spy...hes a bad ass

[@henryloh4346]

All barbarian senators

[@roopeshkumar4478]

TikTok is worse than pearl harbour attack

[@jasxene_]

wtf??

[@jessicahan6274]

R u sick kumar?

[@asian_kid1857]

W tiktok CEO

[@superpooper_2030]

Use brain lah Anglo-Saxon, all internet app with advertisement WILL NEED IP ADDRESS TO PROVIDE RELEVANT & TARGET LOCATION FOR ADVERTISERS!!! USE BRAINS!!!

[@SWbomdia]

Yes or no answer is not what the CEO was offering...

[@joeyyang7678]

🤣🤣

[@on2thenextthing]

As if you can believe anything he says.

[@liechinmannorman5140]

Ask if these Congressmen are not in the paypocket of Meta, Google or Twitter.

[@zhe8586]

But you do believe the earth is flat?

[@user-gg7jx8yk8q]

Cool, so what was the point of this? You can't trust anything he says anyways, why the hell is he entertaining these clowns

[@CookieXplosion]

一定要堅持✊🏼對等原則。一定意識到文化輸出帶來的危險。 ❌(Tik Tok)❌危險⚠️ 私人資料 美國🇺🇸午安

[@Lan96]

Ban Tiktok!!!!!!

[@ryanradcliffe9756]

Don't use it

[@Me-vp4ub]

@@ryanradcliffe9756 When it is banned you can't use it. not using alone is not enough.

[@dewproser]

I agree! Just ban it.

[@chrisangus463]

Tic tok is the tip of the proverbial iceberg

[@Julius1225]

In this case ...you can Ban all...:)

[@konchokgyatso9193]

TikTok CEO doesn't know what does mean Yes & NO Answer..🤣🤣

[@zhe8586]

Ok, try answering this question: Can you tell me why you’re stupid? Yes or no?

[@joegame4576]

@Yanjee all yes/no questions can simply be answered by yes/no

[@tednguyen7258]

you must not know how to ask questions....

[@samip3124]

Why is he stammering

[@liechinmannorman5140]

Just imagine what would you have done if your ass was on the grill.

[@TheAlexIceman]

[USERNAME] 🚀!

[@urimtefiki226]

my phone is : avash me lekët, the translator and the survey, pretending like helping while they make pressure, mimoza prifti

[@yerinchoi5434]

Ban Tiktok