TikTok CEO Grilled By U.S Lawmakers Over Links To Chinese Government | India Bans Tik Tok | News

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday (March 23) battered TikTok's chief executive about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns over the app's power over Americans.

CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress did little to assuage U.S. worries over TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance and added fresh momentum to lawmakers' calls to ban the platform nationwide.

Over five hours of testimony, Chew repeatedly denied the app shares data or has connections with the Chinese Communist Party and argued the platform was doing everything to ensure safety for its 150 million American users.

But not a single lawmaker offered support for TikTok or sympathy for Chew's reassurances, as they deemed his answers on China evasive and aired concerns over the power the app holds over U.S. children.

Others accused TikTok of promoting content that encourages eating disorders among children, illegal drug sales and sexual exploitation.

Chew responded to many pointed questions by saying the issues were "complex" and not unique to TikTok.

[wanliqin]

Considering the U.S. government’s concerns about information security, TikTok established a separate company in the U.S., then stored all the information in the U.S., and then asked people from other countries to manage it. It is still being attacked now, I can only say that TikTok has done its best. This is a generation gap battle, the rest is up to you young people.

[xr]

What do you mean India bans tiktok? India banned tiktok long time ago.