{"id":1942052,"date":"2023-06-01T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-evidence-that-tiktok-stores-americans-data-in-china-suggests-ceo-lied-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:50:47","slug":"new-evidence-that-tiktok-stores-americans-data-in-china-suggests-ceo-lied-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-evidence-that-tiktok-stores-americans-data-in-china-suggests-ceo-lied-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok may store US data in China, CEO may have lied to Congress."},"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\">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%2Fnew-evidence-that-tiktok-stores-americans-data-in-china-suggests-ceo-lied-to-congress%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=1942052&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--><h2>TikTok Allegedly Stores Creators&#8217; Sensitive Personal Information in China<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A new report from Forbes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alexandralevine\/2023\/05\/30\/tiktok-creators-data-security-china\/?sh=2b17739a7048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleges<\/a> that social media giant TikTok stores creators\u2019 sensitive personal information, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">social security numbers<\/a> and tax IDs, in China, despite previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2023\/03\/23\/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-project-texas-is-designed-to-move-forward-here-in-the-u-s.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denials<\/a> by top officials in the Chinese company, including CEO Shou Zi Chew.<\/p>\n<p>The Forbes report contradicts Chew\u2019s March statement to Congress, in which he claimed under oath that TikTok keeps the personal and financial data of its U.S. users in Virginia and Singapore, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/american-data-stored-on-american-soil-tiktok-ceo-grilled-in-front-of-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assured<\/a> lawmakers \u201cThe bottom line is this: American data stored on American soil by an American company overseen by American personnel.\u201d The CEO\u2019s apparent perjury prompted Sen. Marco Rubio to call for a Justice Department investigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTikTok\u2019s CEO has a lot of explaining to do, but his lies aren\u2019t a surprise,\u201d<\/strong> Sen. Rubio explained to The Federalist. \u201cTikTok lies to everyone from creators to regulators. The user data that TikTok stores in China or makes accessible to its Chinese engineers can be weaponized at any time by the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This new evidence, to say nothing of Chew\u2019s prior <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/23\/the-three-biggest-revelations-from-the-tiktok-hearing-that-explain-why-the-app-has-got-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledgment<\/a> of Chinese access to American data, refusal to guarantee protections for Americans\u2019 health information, and unwillingness to condemn the company\u2019s past spying on American journalists, adds to a list of growing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/11\/17\/1137155540\/fbi-tiktok-national-security-concerns-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concerns<\/a>\u00a0over the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party-linked app.<\/p>\n<p>The report relies on records provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-propaganda-outlet-trots-out-anonymous-scientists-to-combat-lab-leak-theory\/\" title=\"Chinese Propaganda Outlet Trots Out Anonymous Scientists To Combat Lab-Leak Theory\">multiple anonymous sources<\/a> that allege TikTok\u2019s parent company, ByteDance, stores the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-donald-trump-own-half-of-moderna\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does Donald Trump \u2018Own Half Of Moderna\u2019?\">financial information<\/a> of American content creators and businesses \u2014 particularly those who have opted into the platform\u2019s monetization and advertising programs \u2014 in China.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok personalities who opted into the \u201cCreator Fund\u201d program and businesses that partner with the platform appear to be most directly affected, and their concerns are shared by many skeptics.<\/p>\n<p>Zack Fairhurst, one of the platform\u2019s active creators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alexandralevine\/2023\/05\/30\/tiktok-creators-data-security-china\/?sh=2b17739a7048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cI would like everything to stay in the U.S.\u2014like, I wouldn\u2019t see why it would ever need to be stored on a China database.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demands to investigate Chew for perjury began Wednesday when Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., chided the CEO while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alexandralevine\/2023\/06\/01\/tiktok-ceo-justice-department-investigation-china-security\/?sh=27a495cd1927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling<\/a> for the Department of Justice to investigate him. \u201cChew should be held accountable for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">making false statements<\/a> about material facts related to TikTok\u2019s operation,\u201d Rubio wrote in a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/fe02528a-8a30-4c2c-924c-faff6b62a0ff\/040BA980C3AAA8F1DAD3D9DF9685EFBB.05.31.23-smr-letter-to-garland-on-tiktok-testimony-vf-3-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to Attorney General Merrick Garland.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio requested that the DOJ \u201cinvestigate whether Chew committed perjury when he falsely stated that TikTok has not stored the user data of Americans in China,\u201d and urged the Biden administration \u201cto be transparent with the American people about the threats posed by TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator also reiterated calls to ban the company in the United States. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen them spy on journalists, try to influence elections, and create corrosive and harmful algorithms,\u201d Sen. Rubio told The Federalist. \u201cIt is past time to ban TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other longtime skeptics of TikTok took the opportunity to condemn the Beijing-affiliated tech company, with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., remarking \u201cImagine that \u2014 TikTok storing Americans\u2019 financial info in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n    <!-- Image goes here --><figcaption>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>TikTok has stored the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-evidence-that-tiktok-stores-americans-data-in-china-suggests-ceo-lied-to-congress\/\" title=\"TikTok may store US data in China, CEO may have lied to Congress.\">sensitive financial data<\/a> of its biggest stars on servers in Communist China.<\/p>\n<p>It couldn&#8217;t be more clear that TikTok is lying about its efforts to keep Americans\u2019 data safe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        \u2014 Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1663879240402583553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2023<\/a>\n      <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>Cole Crystal is an intern at The Federalist with interests in foreign affairs, religion, and society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes claims TikTok stores creators&#8217; sensitive personal data, including social security numbers and tax IDs, in China, despite CEO Shou Zi Chew&#8217;s previous denials. 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