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TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, testified before US Congress on Thursday amid growing security concerns, with the Biden administration threatening to remove the app from the US entirely.
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During the hearing, Republican Kat Cammack showed Congress a TikTok video inciting violence towards the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with the chair of the committee named in the captions. The video was uploaded to the platform 41 days ago and was still circulating despite company guidelines assuring users it would take down threatening content. Shou Zi Chew was denied a chance to respond to Cammack’s claims by the chair. The video was removed from TikTok during the hearing.
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What’s the point? This is the most narcissistic way possible to approach the problem with nasty things appearing on social media.
A more persuasive argument would have statistics and have various examples aimed at vulnerable everyday people
2:03 the reaction of the guy behind him 🤣😂
Not That i want to side with Tik-Tok but Moderation and Security are obviously different things.
Er, obviously she has never heard of Twitter and what they allowed on their platform. What hypocrisy.
they didn’t even let him respond??
Have these people ever been on the internet before?
What does a violent video have anything to do with the privacy and data security of users 💀
“You expect us to believe that you are capable of maintaining the data security, privacy and security of 150 million Americans where you can’t even protect the people in this room?”
WTH does that video have to do with data security?
Is she implying that her safety should be above everyone else’s???? “You expect us to believe that you are capable of maintaining the data security, privacy and security of 150 million Americans where you can’t even protect the people in this room?”
This woman’s logic is all over the place.
“Can I respond?”
“We’re gonna move on”
I dont support tiktok but I do support the 1st amendment 💀
Ah yes, Congress Karen getting her Meta’s lobbying money square.
“Can I Respond?” “No, were gonna move on” Thats american politics at its finest.
Shou : ” can I respond?” 😊
Lady: “we’re gonna move on” 🖕🏻
And then he can’t even respond? This is wild 🤦♂️
The point makes no sense. Data security and content moderation are two different operations.
I thought the issue was international data sharing to 3rd parties companies not domestic issues. Every platform does this, not just tictok
I’m strongly anti TikTok but that rant was ludicrous. If there is no question and no opportunity to respond then how can you even call it a “hearing”?
She just hates Tik tok plain and simple. YouTube could let literal child “videos” on their site and have it on trending, and she wouldn’t mind
Going back with his friends:
It was literally a hearing of what they had to say to me.
He may as well grabbed some snack as we wouldnt be talking anyways
Shou: Can I respond?
Lady: No, you can expose our lies.
I don’t use or care for TikTok. But the ridiculousness of this hearing and the stupidity of these politicians is really pushing me to download and use TikTok, just to see what the fuss is all about! 😂
The dictatorial behavior of these politicians is beyond believe.
US politicians’ rudeness and arrogance show, full stop.
They complain about gun threats. They don’t do anything to stop actual shootings. The irony is through the roof. The second hand embarrassment is unbearably painful
I have a harder time imagining how individual people VOLUNATIRILY elected this woman than how TikTok handles their data security
This CEO is the role model for answering these mental at the asylum. Big hands👏
That video wasn’t a data security issue. That was a video slipping through the cracks due to the algorithm being unable to pick it up as a threat, which is a moderation of content issue.
That has nothing to do with data breach/security issues.
The reaction of the guy directly behind the ceo after he is told that he cant defend himself is hilarious, just goes to show how one sided this all is.
As an American – I’m embarrassed in just how dumb we look in the World’s eyes. This poor guy is being grilled over nothing. All fueled by ignorance, and paranoia
the fact that opportunity to ask amazing questions about the actual issue with TikTok’s data issues was lost because of these people is such a pity
Thank you, background guy, for saying with your head what he wasn’t allowed to say into the microphone.
Ridiculous, those are the people we vote on to represent us that’s embarrassing 😳
The fact they didn’t let him respond says so much