During a Senate hearing, Republican Senator Tom Cotton repeatedly questioned TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about his ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Chew, who is Singaporean, denied any affiliation with the party. Cotton and other senators expressed concerns about TikTok's ties to China and its potential threat to U.S. national security. The FBI director also raised concerns about the Chinese government's control over TikTok's operations. The hearing highlighted the ongoing scrutiny and debate over the app's relationship with China and its impact on American users.
Another reason why TikTok should be banned. The CCP are happy to use it in multiple ways to destroy America. https://t.co/4tq5bbXBkv
From this week: Tom Cotton: "Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: "Senator, I'm Singaporean. No!" https://t.co/naoPxr6wY9
What Tom Cotton misses is that even though TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is Singaporean and not a CCP member, he can still be an agent of influence of the CCP… and no one will admit he’s one even if he’s indeed one… https://t.co/uJhTyNQyJm https://t.co/4UPJzFVRt3
The leading Asian American caucus in Congress has accused Sen. Tom Cotton of “racist” questioning of TikTok’s CEO at a congressional hearing this week. https://t.co/lQGa7ehIa6
#ShouZiChew (周受资) from #TikTok is not a #CCP member? Then who is the guy beside the CCP flag in the photo at the bottom? But of course, the CCP is smart enough to arrange to have a "Singaporean businessman" serve as the CEO of TikTok to dodge questions that people like… https://t.co/S90M3o1j54
After U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton grilled the Singaporean CEO of TikTok about his nationality and suggested he was affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, Singaporeans are pointing out the ignorant — or even racist — views of their country. https://t.co/l8qaOLUY8i
Sen. Tom Cotton—who couldn't grasp that Singapore & China are two entirely different countries—should be embarrassed by his line of questioning to TikTok's CEO this week 👇 https://t.co/hBPw8rZR5Q
Republican Senator Tom Cotton is absolutely RAGING that the CEO of TikTok Shou Chew isn't Chinese (he's Singaporean). https://t.co/cOlpbg4F0J
On the govt's incessant threat to ban TikTok from the United States: "There's no way they can ban TikTok... What they're actually trying to do is to gin up enough fear about TikTok—that it's a Chinese tool, that it's not American citizens who are deciding what to say, they're… https://t.co/U7eaHFA3fz
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) questioned the CEO of #TikTok during a congressional hearing about his ties to the #CCP. @XVanFleet says the CCP uses TikTok to infiltrate the West and wouldn’t allow someone not under its control to be TikTok CEO. https://t.co/PMC0UAptZK
This is Senator Tom Cotton, questioning the TikTok CEO with the stupid questions about China and some kind of genocide (not the one in Israel). Tom Cotton was part of the operation in Iraq when the US military was stealing and taking out their gold reserves. https://t.co/kk5IAke1OT
US senators have grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew - who repeatedly denied under oath an affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party - over the platform's ties to the country during a hearing on Big Tech. https://t.co/F9jseoXr9l
US senators have grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew - who repeatedly denied under oath an affiliation with the Chinese Community Party - over the platform's ties to the country during a hearing on Big Tech. https://t.co/F9jseoXr9l
ICYMI: TikTok’s Singaporean CEO Shou Zi Chew gets asked whether he has any links with China at a US Senate hearing. #TikTok https://t.co/6KkeNLuYRW
TikTok is a national security threat. It poisons the minds of our youth, promotes divisive and dangerous propaganda, and gives Communist China unfettered access to Americans' data. The only way to end TikTok’s influence is by banning the Communist Chinese malware from America.…
TikTok is influenced by Communist China. Pass it on.
Singaporeans slam US senator’s grilling of TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi’s nationality, links to China: ‘pure ignorance’ 🇸🇬🇨🇳🇺🇸 Idiocy… https://t.co/54IhqHeF9r
Racism is the card the Communist Party of China plays when they have nowhere else to turn. TikTok is a digital cancer that’s infected the entirety of American 🇺🇸 youth. Did anyone listen to FBI Director Wray’s testimony before Congress yesterday? “The most 1/3 https://t.co/Ax389t2hFp
"No, senator. Again, I'm Singaporean." US senator Tom Cotton repeatedly asks TikTok's Singaporean CEO Shou Zi Zhou if he has ties to China. Bosses of four other social media companies are questioned alongside Zhou at a Senate hearing on online safety for children. https://t.co/k7L9SlWeso
🚨BREAKING: Senator Josh Hawley calls for banning the app TikTok in the United States. Do you agree with him? https://t.co/E4MakKEmfm
TikTok CEO Dodges Questions on Chinese Human Rights Violations in Senate Hearing https://t.co/Bp5rdqVJuT #CCP
Sen. Tom Cotton faces backlash for repeatedly asking TikTok’s CEO about his citizenship. https://t.co/WZZITcb63w
“Unfortunately for the welfare of our great nation, TikTok is under the control of a non-allied nation’s pernicious government.” “The app provides Beijing an ability to understand, control, and influence Americans well beyond simply Hollywood content. In fact, the platform is… https://t.co/iKztulYUwy
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton asked TikTok CEO Shou Chew several times about ties to China during a hearing on online child safety Wednesday. https://t.co/42FGB83Pn0
Shou Chew used to work at a Chinese company sanctioned by the U.S., and TikTok and its parent company ByteDance answer to the Chinese Communist Party. You don’t have to be from China to have allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party.
A curious episode occurred at a meeting of representatives of the largest social platforms in the US Senate: " US Senator TOM CANTON: "Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" TikTok CEO Shu Zi Chu: "Senator, I'm actually from Singapore" https://t.co/TS0wU8olcq
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew repeated multiple times that he was Singaporean as Republican Senator Tom Cotton asked him if he was a member of the Chinese Communist Party. https://t.co/MyJRDyiivy
Watch: TikTok’s Singaporean CEO Shou Zi Chew gets asked about any links with China at a US Senate hearing. #TikTok https://t.co/tUhu22EHnc
No this is wrong. Sen. @TomCottonAR did no such thing. He asked if the TikTok CEO was affiliated with the CCP. Ethnic Chinese Singaporean citizens have been caught and penalized for spying on behalf of the Chinese government. https://t.co/ehjFsAVx8U https://t.co/FwPoUWGFzi
This @SenTomCotton either loves China too much or is hard of hearing. #TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: “I’m Singaporean.” Tom Cotton: “Have you ever been a member of Chinese Communist Party?”🤣 https://t.co/EnNWUvu42V
"Coincidence": TikTok CEO On US Senate's China Connection Allegations https://t.co/Eh5GYXVjrC https://t.co/7A29T4hU66
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defends pressing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on ties to Chinese Communist Party at Senate hearing https://t.co/eEWFS7Bmep https://t.co/pijq53aDrb
'I’m Singaporean': TikTok CEO grilled by US Senator repeatedly about ties with China – video https://t.co/Dz4Fu9d4oF
TikTok is a spy app for the Chinese Communist Party. It's used to steal Americans' data and poison kids' minds with propaganda. It should absolutely be banned.
Sen. Tom Cotton asked the CEO of TikTok if he works for or is affiliated with the Communist Party of China. The CEO insists that he is Singaporean, refusing to answer his question. The question has nothing to do with his ethnicity or his nationality. TikTok is a subsidiary of… https://t.co/GVG2mrBMkL
TikTok is under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where the director of the FBI, the former head of the CIA, and parents of suffering children are all sounding an alarm about the China-founded app. https://t.co/2JE8zVowla
‘Senator, I’m Singaporean’: TikTok CEO Faces Off Against Tom Cotton https://t.co/AursU6RdH8 https://t.co/GTBDmB0qdH
TikTok’s CEO dodged simple questions today about both his and TikTok’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. Shou Chew knows that anyone, especially senior leadership in a Chinese company, can work with the Chinese communists. https://t.co/AHYhFEVdvw
TikTok is developed and owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company based in Beijing, so it's reasonable to ask about the extent of the company's relationship to the Chinese govt. The repeated "have you ever been a communist?" interrogation of a Singaporean exec, however? McCarthyist. https://t.co/UVaJIVeKHz
He’s upset that TikTok US ceo is not Chinese? https://t.co/uIvc66Jdd1
GOP senator asks TikTok's CEO over and over if he's Chinese. He's Singaporean. https://t.co/oQAZcY4RhX
🇺🇸TOM COTTON: ARE YOU CHINESE? TIKTOK CEO: “I’M SINGAPOREAN” COTTON: “BUT ARE YOU CHINESE??” TIKTOK CEO:… Tom Cotton: "Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" Shou Chew: "Senator, I'm Singaporean. No." Tom Cotton: "Have you ever been associated or… https://t.co/yWGuhcWLki
Sen. Tom Cotton engaged in a bit of McCarthyism during Wednesday’s Senate hearing when he relentlessly pressed the TikTok CEO on his ties to China, going so far as to wonder whether the Singapore citizen was “a member of the Chinese Communist Party.” https://t.co/UNqNhWrIau
TikTok is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party which has one goal for Americans—influence what Americans see, hear and think, addict American kids to be controlled and fed lies, and suppress anything crticial of CCP. https://t.co/gDai3jZxwI
Republican Senator Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) asks CEO Shou Zi Chew of @tiktok_us, "Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" "Senator, I'm Singaporean. No," he says. WATCH https://t.co/DtrdN7mFEQ
TikTok CEO tells Senator @TomCottonAR that “it was a coincidence” he was appointed CEO the day after he brokered a deal with the Chinese Communist Party https://t.co/hpo2ZUS5Z0
TikTok’s CEO refuses to agree—despite extensive documentation proving so—that the Chinese government is committing genocide against the Uyghur people. It’s because he knows he’ll lose his job or be arrested by the Chinese government if he does. https://t.co/4BEEIbvs1F
.@RepCarlos: “Would you ban @tiktok_us in the United States?” @FBI Director Wray: “As long as the Chinese government has the ability to control all these aspects of the business — I don’t see how you get your way clear to mitigating those concerns.” https://t.co/1T7zB0grU7
🇺🇸SENATOR TO TIKTOK CEO: "YOUR PLATFORM IS THE ESPIONAGE ARM OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY" Senator: "Why should your platform not be banned in the United States of America? You are owned by a Chinese communist company or a company based in China. The editor-in-chief of your… https://t.co/3iiz9zhgiq https://t.co/Mnl3JMr8YK
.@HawleyMO exposes TikTok’s underlying identity: an espionage tool of the Chinese Communist Party. “Your app is subject to the control and inspection of a foreign hostile government that is actively trying to track the information of whereabouts of every American they can get… https://t.co/HROlyxwGYK
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is required to turn over any American’s data the Chinese Communist Party asks for. Yet TikTok’s CEO wants us to believe the app is safe for Americans. He’s lying, and we should ban TikTok. https://t.co/Q49VHwvhLZ
Sen. Tom Cotton: "Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: "Senator, I'm Singaporean. No." Cotton: "Have you ever been associated or affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party?" Chew: "No, senator. Again, I'm Singaporean." https://t.co/1pZaQ64Wxz
Senator Hawley exposes TikTok’s underlying identity: an espionage tool of the Chinese Communist Party. “Your app ought to be banned in the United States of America for the security of this country.” - @HawleyMO https://t.co/oYTIBa4uJN
Sen. Tom Cotton hounds TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew with questions about his citizenship status and whether or not he was a member of the Chinese Communist Party https://t.co/QTAqFdr2CW
Flagging this great deep look at TikTok, and how a $1.5 billion plan to protect U.S. data from China has all kinds of problems @georgia_wells https://t.co/zVNO2S1nvJ
Senator Tom Cotton asks TikTok CEO Shou Chew if he is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. "Senator, I'm Singaporean, no," Chew responded. Follow live: https://t.co/yvsbabmeO0 https://t.co/LRVfFmPPbk
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) grills TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about his nationality, and asks him questions about criticizing China. Cotton: “Of what nation are you a citizen?” Cotton: “Are you a citizen of any other nation?” Cotton: “Have you ever applied for Chinese citizenship?” https://t.co/viVk3ZGI5s
WOW. @SenTomCotton on the dangers and bias of TikTok: “So what we have here — a company that's a tool of the Chinese Communist Party that is poisoning the minds of America's children, in some cases driving them to suicide, And at best the Biden administration is taking a pass… https://t.co/xD0T4lA16D
BREAKING: TikTok CEO refuses to acknowledge the Chinese Communist Party’s Uyghur genocide. @SenTomCotton https://t.co/jDh1kG5IFm