House China Panel Demands Info From TikTok on Data Collection, Censuring of Opinion
The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent a letter on May 10 to the CEO of the social media video platform TikTok, in which the committee stated concerns about how the CCP can use the platform to spy on Americans and censor and block free expression, and which also requested information and answers.
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance, has 1.8 billion monthly users and is a particular favorite among young people.
“Just last week, TikTok suspended a TikTok account from the Acton Institute, which was sharing clips from a documentary about Hong Kong newspaper owner Jimmy Lai, who was imprisoned for his support for Hong Kong’s democracy movement,” wrote the chairman of the committee, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), and 12 other members in the letter they sent to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew….