{"id":2229346,"date":"2024-04-24T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-rages-after-u-s-passes-law-requiring-its-sale-from-chinese-parent-company\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:11:26","slug":"tiktok-rages-after-u-s-passes-law-requiring-its-sale-from-chinese-parent-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-rages-after-u-s-passes-law-requiring-its-sale-from-chinese-parent-company\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok users outraged as U.S. mandates sale from Chinese owner"},"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\">20<\/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-rages-after-u-s-passes-law-requiring-its-sale-from-chinese-parent-company%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=2229346&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>TikTok CEO Shou Chew \u200cvows to\u2063 combat US law mandating sale from \u2063Chinese-owned ByteDance to\u2063 avoid \u2062a US ban. Chew states the law\u2064 threatens to &#8220;take TikTok away&#8221; from\u2063 users and impacts\u200c 170\u2062 million Americans connecting on the platform. He reassures ongoing fight\u2062 for user rights citing \u2063robust data safeguards and investments. Reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-media-outlets-rejected-the-claim-that-covid-19-came-from-a-wuhan-lab-as-a-conspiracy-theory-when-trump-was-president\/\" title=\"These Media Outlets Rejected The Claim That COVID-19 Came From A Wuhan Lab As A \u2018Conspiracy Theory\u2019 When Trump Was President\">data sharing<\/a>\u2063 allegations emerge. Here is\u2064 a summary of\u2064 the text you provided:<\/p>\n<p>TikTok CEO Shou Chew pledges to challenge the US \u200claw that requires TikTok to be sold by its Chinese\u2064 parent\u2063 company to prevent a potential ban in the US. Chew expresses concerns that the law could remove TikTok from\u2062 its users, including\u200d 170 million Americans who engage on the \u2064platform. He emphasizes the company&#8217;s\u200b commitment to defending user rights with advanced \u2062data protection\u2062 measures and significant investments. Additionally, allegations\u200c of \u200cdata sharing have surfaced, reinforcing the need for comprehensive\u200d safeguards.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>TikTok CEO Shou Chew vowed on Wednesday that the company would fight the U.S.\u2019s new law requiring it to be sold from its Chinese-government-controlled parent company, ByteDance, or else face being banned in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to the platform, Chew claimed that the law would \u201ctake TikTok away from you and 170 million Americans who find community in connection on our platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake, this is a ban, a ban on TikTok, and a ban on you and your voice,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/tiktok-to-fight-us-ban-law-in-courts-f582ed19#\">continued<\/a>. \u201cPoliticians may say otherwise, but don\u2019t get confused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest assured, we aren\u2019t going anywhere,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are confident and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chew later claimed that the company has \u201cbuilt safeguards that no other peer company has made\u201d and that it \u201cinvested billions of dollars to secure your data and keep our platform free from outside manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His claims come after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-putin-fears-ukraines-special-forces\/\" title=\"Why Putin Fears Ukraine's Special Forces\">reports surfaced earlier<\/a> this month of a former senior employee at the company who <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/04\/15\/tiktok-china-data-sharing-bytedance-project-texas\/?showAdminBar=true\">says<\/a> that he was forced to send American user data to ByteDance in Beijing, contradicting the company\u2019s contention that it operates independently from China.<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray recently testified to Congress: \u201cThis is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former ByteDance executive Yintao Yu made explosive allegations against the company in a federal lawsuit last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/12\/technology\/tiktok-bytedance-lawsuit-china.html\">saying<\/a> that ByteDance\u2019s offices in Beijing had a special unit of Chinese Communist Party members who \u201cguided how the company advanced core Communist values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee maintained supreme access to all the company data, even data stored in the United States,\u201d said Yu, who spent part of his time at the company in its Chinese offices. He said it did not matter where users were located because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starbucks-received-insensitive-backlash-for-going-woke-now-they-may-depart-facebook-altogether\/\" title=\"Starbucks Received \u2018Insensitive\u2019 Backlash For Going Woke. Now They May Depart Facebook Altogether.\">company created<\/a> a \u201cbackdoor\u201d to access their information.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He said the company \u201csystematically created fabricated users\u201d to boost engagement numbers and witnessed engineers manually alter the algorithm to achieve the country\u2019s geopolitical agenda. One example he cited was how engineers boosted content \u201cthat expressed hatred for Japan,\u201d The New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no debate,\u201d he said. \u201cThey just did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/tiktok-data-app-report\/story?id=97913249\">reported<\/a> last year that cybersecurity experts discovered that for those who have downloaded the app but never used it, TikTok \u201cstill has your data even if you\u2019ve never used TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report added, \u201cAnd it\u2019s collecting and transferring that data whether or not the app is deleted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok CEO Shou Chew pledges to battle the U.S. law mandating its sale from Chinese-controlled ByteDance or risk a U.S. ban. 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