Congresswoman claims TikTok is a 'weapon' of the Chinese Communist Party

Chair Rodgers brings up Shou Chew’s alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party, having worked as the chief financial officer of the Chinese version of TikTok before taking up his current role.

Both companies are owned by ByteDance, with high-level figures within the parent company having ties to the Chinese state.

“TikTok is a weapon,” Chair Rodgers says.

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[charlessmyth]

The same applies to all of the same from the US :-)

[mitnoxin]

Thank goodness she gave us all her evidence.

[wabbadabdab]

If all these clowns didn’t make tik tok videos.. what would the CPC show the other clowns that have the app on their phones? 😂

[KhelderB]

She's probably never seen tictoc. Just read about it in some right wing foreign policy briefing.