GOP Rep Grills TikTok CEO Over China Content Removal: 'I Take That As A No'

The House Commerce Committee Chair grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over its "moderation tools to remove content" about the Uyghur genocide, Tiananmen Square massacre and Taiwan. "We do not promote or remove content at the request of the Chinese government," Chew told Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. "If you can't say you're 100% certain, I take that as a no," Rodgers said.

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[Umedjon]

Ban TikTok we need more real social life

[jerrysmith]

He's being evasive either for business reasons, or because he's sympathetic to the CCP, or because he's afraid of the CCP. Either way, I hope that Congress recognizes that evasiveness is never a good sign.

[RandallChase]

The Behavior Panel (YouTube Channel) would eat this guy’s lunch!! His body language and deflective words are over the top!