{"id":1903750,"date":"2023-03-23T12:12:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-ceo-denies-seeing-us-user-data-provided-to-chinese-government\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:13:58","slug":"tiktok-ceo-denies-seeing-us-user-data-provided-to-chinese-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-ceo-denies-seeing-us-user-data-provided-to-chinese-government\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok CEO denies seeing US user data provided to Chinese government"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiktok-ceo-denies-seeing-us-user-data-provided-to-chinese-government%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1903750&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.BridIframeBurst=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"Brid_79511777\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Here's which Big Tech rivals would benefit from a crackdown on TikTok\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Google, Facebook, and other Big Tech rivals stand to make billions of dollars if a national ban of TikTok comes to pass. TikTok faces pressure from the White House and Congress to eliminate its connection to China and diminish the national security threat of U.S. user data being leaked overseas.\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M28S\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-22 18:28:52\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1267506_th_641b4915a6398_1679509781.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1267506.mp4\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79511777\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1267506\"} }); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">C<\/span>EO Shou Zi Chew told Congress on Thursday that he had no reason to believe that the app had provided U.S. user data to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese<\/a> officials, a subject of considerable controversy factoring into the push in Washington to restrict or ban the social media platform. <\/p>\n<p>Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that there is&#8221; no indication that the Chinese government has access&#8221; to U.S. consumer information.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/videos\/tiktok-ceo-testifies-before-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow LIVE: TIKTOK CEO TESTIFIES AS Politicians CONSIDER NATIONAL BAN BEFORE CONGRESS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chew&#8217;s comments were met with skepticism. Rep. Anna Eshoo( D-CA ) said,&#8221; I find that actually absurd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetEmbed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When questioned about user data from the United States, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said he had&#8221; no indication that the Chinese public has access to that data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anna Eshoo, a representative, said,&#8221; I find that literally absurd.&#8221; film. Gouzn6p32c \/ twitter.com<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1638917807529238529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a>, NowThis(@ nowthisnews )<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio( R-FL ) has written a bill to outright ban the app. Members of Congress have put forth several bills to limit TikTok. As opposed to that, Sens. Legislation has been introduced by Mark Warner( D-VA ) and John Thune( R-SD ) to give the Commerce Department additional authority to assess and assess whether foreign business deals pose security risks.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER, CLICK HERE.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the previous years, TikTok increased its lobbying efforts in Washington. According to OpenSecrets, a democratic website that monitors social spending, the social media industry spent the fourth-highest quantity on expenses expenses from any internet company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told Congress on Thursday that he had no reason to believe that the app had provided U.S. user data to Chinese officials, a subject of considerable controversy factoring into the push in Washington to restrict or ban the social media platform. 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