{"id":1903806,"date":"2023-03-23T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-platform-should-be-banned-congresswoman-rips-into-tiktok-ceo-for-targeting-kids\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:58:09","slug":"your-platform-should-be-banned-congresswoman-rips-into-tiktok-ceo-for-targeting-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-platform-should-be-banned-congresswoman-rips-into-tiktok-ceo-for-targeting-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your Platform Should Be Banned\u2019: Congresswoman Rips Into TikTok CEO For Targeting Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fyour-platform-should-be-banned-congresswoman-rips-into-tiktok-ceo-for-targeting-kids%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=1903806&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--><p>Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) tore into <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/tiktok-ceo-refuses-to-say-whether-officials-at-chinese-parent-company-helped-him-prepare-for-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> CEO Shou Zi Chew during a Thursday morning hearing, accusing him and his company of targeting American children and feeding data to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers, who chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, held nothing back in a blistering <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/posts\/chair-rodgers-to-tik-tok-ceo-your-platform-should-be-banned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opening statement<\/a>, saying that the platform specifically and intentionally <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/tiktok-ceo-makes-direct-appeal-to-americans-as-lawmakers-threaten-to-ban-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targets children<\/a> outside of communist China while protecting their own children from the platform\u2019s harmful content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chair Rodgers to TikTok CEO: \u201cYour Platform Should be Banned\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e-DZTFwyzfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Chew, you are here because the American people need the truth about the threat TikTok poses to our national and personal security,\u201d Rodgers began. \u201cTikTok collects nearly every data point imaginable, from people\u2019s location, to what they type and copy, who they talk to, biometric data, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers argued that TikTok \u2014 and Communist China \u2014 used the app and the access to data that it provided them to manipulate American culture, adding that she did not believe those in control of the platform would ever embrace or align with American values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not trust TikTok will ever embrace American values\u2014values for freedom, human rights, and innovation.\u00a0TikTok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance, and more manipulation,\u201d she continued.\u00a0Your platform should be banned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers went on to say that she expected Chew to \u201csay anything\u201d he believed he had to say in an effort to keep the app from being banned in the United States \u2014 particularly with regard to the harm it caused children and the app\u2019s ties to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aren\u2019t buying it,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n<p>After detailing the reasons she did not believe TikTok to be independent of the Chinese Communist Party, Rodgers turned the focus to the way TikTok \u201ctargets\u201d children outside China\u2019s borders \u2014 and the fact that the Chinese government allows more moderation of the app for its own young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018For You\u2019 algorithm is a tool for TikTok to own their attention and prey on their innocence.\u00a0Within minutes of creating an account, your algorithm can promote suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders to children,\u201d Rodgers explained. \u201cIt encourages challenges for them to put their lives in danger and allows adults to prey on our beautiful, beloved daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-36433\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also a portal for drug dealers to sell illicit fentanyl that China has banned, yet, is helping Mexican cartels produce, send across our border, and poison our children,\u201d she continued, adding, \u201cIn China, the CCP proactively prohibits this type of TikTok content that promotes death and despair to kids.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) tore into TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a Thursday morning hearing, accusing him and his company of targeting American children and feeding data to the Chinese Communist Party. 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