Washington D.C.’s increasing scrutiny of TikTok raises questions over how other big tech companies work with China.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee as lawmakers seek to figure out how Congress can safeguard Americans’ privacy and protect children from online harm. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance, hasbipartisan criticism for its lack of data safeguards and that TikTok users’ data could be surveilled by the Chinese Communist Party .
As scrutiny of TikTok has reached new heights, TikTok influencers did not blame public officials; theyWashington Posta Republican strategy firm, Targeted Victory, to undermine TikTok through a nationwide media and lobbying campaign. The Tech Oversight Project wrote in a memo shared with Bloomberg News, that these platforms “force fed children dangerous and harmful content with predatory algorithms, aided US adversaries and worked against US national interests at home and abroad, and failed to protect users’ personal data.”
“Data security and privacy laws in the U.S. aren’t cutting it right now,” Trump Jr. continued. “I’m all for addressing those issues with TikTok, but we’ve also got to look at some of these other companies who are very happy to let TikTok be the punching bag to keep themselves out of the line of fire. So members of Congress need to broaden the way they’re looking at this stuff if we’re going to really solve the problem.
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