TikTok CEO grilled by Congress over national security threat

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  • Опубліковано 22 бер 2023
  • TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew was under fire today in Congress, answering questions over whether its Chinese owner ByteDance is a national security threat. NBC News’ Savannah Sellers has more details on the concerns over the popular app.
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  • @zhengzhenggu9474
    @zhengzhenggu9474 Рік тому +204

    I love how congresswomen/men care about the children safety while let guns/drugs lose for full access by children of America. Nice job done.

    • @MaestroKong
      @MaestroKong Рік тому

      They care about being able to defend themselves even though they never use their guns. It's that they are in danger when dealing with massively armed countries like Russia and China.

    • @willieboy3011
      @willieboy3011 Рік тому +6

      One of the most nonsensical statements in a long time. Drugs are illegal. Handgun purchases must be 21 years old. Shotguns and rifles can only be sold to those 18 and older.

    • @davesmith3892
      @davesmith3892 Рік тому

      But when it comes to the border and Fentanyl coming in killing hundreds of kids everyday the Democrats don't care about them

    • @drugsarebad97
      @drugsarebad97 Рік тому +1

      @@willieboy3011 the op is probably a bot just ignore it. They’re pretty common

    • @MaestroKong
      @MaestroKong Рік тому +2

      @@willieboy3011 LOL you misunderstood him. He is saying that even a child can possess a gun, which is true as a six year old shot his teacher. No matter how orderly gun laws may seem, guns themselves are not orderly. It's destruction every time they fire. Guns gotta go otherwise more people will die from it. And bring up knives, that needs banning too. Life imprisonment. It's not like drugs where you get some years and some deals. 4 life!!!!

  • @John-bx8mh
    @John-bx8mh Рік тому +284

    Hearing that these bureaucrats care so much about American privacy and freedom, Snowden smiled and raised his middle finger.

    • @yourwifesboyfriend6081
      @yourwifesboyfriend6081 Рік тому +13

      Glad to see someone else recognizes this performance piece. I don’t care for TikTok, like many others, but there’s nothing that the platform can gather that isn’t already available for a (relatively) small fee from other social media platforms.

    • @PinqQueen
      @PinqQueen Рік тому

      Your probably old and out the door soon. THE WORLD IS NO LONGER FOR YOU

    • @matt8989a
      @matt8989a Рік тому

      TikTok's algorithm is promoting sexual content, drugs and alcohol to children as young as 13, investigation reveals

    • @PeppermintSwirl
      @PeppermintSwirl Рік тому +1

      @@yourwifesboyfriend6081 Literally UA-cam Shorts does the same thing

    • @gavinnewton7221
      @gavinnewton7221 Рік тому +4

      @@PeppermintSwirl it’s not about what, but rather who.

  • @AlexS-hx8zv
    @AlexS-hx8zv Рік тому +187

    “is the clock ticking down for tiktok” i bet they thought they were really clever with that one 🤡💀

  • @bigvito9008
    @bigvito9008 Рік тому +132

    Congressional grillers kept demanding a yes or no answer to their questions., but when roles are reversed they never give a straight answer.

    • @ultrapredatorr
      @ultrapredatorr Рік тому +4

      Yet facebook, Twitter, snap , sell your info 🤔 n you can't do nothing... n they go soft on them but tik tok they going ham..😅

    • @finnbarrett3845
      @finnbarrett3845 Рік тому

      @@ultrapredatorr Except those are domestic companies and are fully subjected to US laws China could use TikTok for a large scale miss information and propaganda campaign

    • @JohnCrichton
      @JohnCrichton Рік тому +1

      @@ultrapredatorr well none of those are Chinese owned, I think that's the difference

    • @asleepawake3645
      @asleepawake3645 Рік тому

      Ask trump. 5TH AMENDMENT. 400 times 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @redhatpat
      @redhatpat Рік тому

      ​@@JohnCrichton So this is simply xenophobia then

  • @metalheadrobredbar6899
    @metalheadrobredbar6899 Рік тому +65

    So why isn't Facebook and Google being grilled about surveying every thing you do?

    • @alextogo8367
      @alextogo8367 Рік тому +6

      Cause it's in america

    • @Skyjumperkid
      @Skyjumperkid Рік тому +14

      Because America gets all the juicy data and they don’t get tick-tock’s

    • @13OraOras
      @13OraOras Рік тому +5

      It’s not an American app.

    • @alexvendetta5115
      @alexvendetta5115 Рік тому +5

      I think Mark Z was grilled a few years ago.

    • @karenwilliams2858
      @karenwilliams2858 Рік тому +4

      because the national security threat posed by the chinese government being able to manipulate tiktok and american data is especially concerning.

  • @Tinkatuff
    @Tinkatuff Рік тому +40

    "Misinformation"
    That's rich coming from corporate media.

    • @brianjohnson6053
      @brianjohnson6053 Рік тому

      Comment of the day, i find most of today's issues unbelievable, i haven't seen the war in Ukraine but its supposed to be going on but i haven't talked to a soul in person that has seen it.

    • @mersifullwolf4054
      @mersifullwolf4054 Рік тому

      @@brianjohnson6053 what? 😂😂

    • @mersifullwolf4054
      @mersifullwolf4054 Рік тому

      Move to China, Winnie the Flu 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Tinkatuff
      @Tinkatuff Рік тому

      @@brianjohnson6053 Yeah good journalism is hard to find these days, they all have a narrative they push to please their shareholders. It's no longer about informing the public but generating ad revenue with non-stories. It's a shame too because many journalists that sign on to a corporate job lose so much potential they have.

    • @cybervigilante
      @cybervigilante Рік тому

      ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN will damage your brain a lot more than TikTok.

  • @Miguelbamboo
    @Miguelbamboo Рік тому +15

    1980 - Toshiba / japan
    2013 - Alstom / france
    2020 - Huawei / china
    Today - TikTok / china
    Any company growing stronger that surpassed US would be labeled as “threat” and would be banned..😅

  • @mysteriousremnant9738
    @mysteriousremnant9738 Рік тому +200

    Grilled? Lol. I'm not sure if these questions are pre-made by someone out of touch with tech by 15 years with how social media operates or if those "grilling" the CEO of tiktok act less knowledgeable than minors on tiktok following trends on the platform.

    • @CodiakLBJfan
      @CodiakLBJfan Рік тому +14

      Watched the entire thing. The questions were accurate and just fine. Sounds like someone is butt hurt cuz their fake job is gonna get banned and they will have to actually get a life. Poor lil fella.

    • @mysteriousremnant9738
      @mysteriousremnant9738 Рік тому

      @@CodiakLBJfan I don't disagree but it feels almost as useless as when the CEO of Facebook, Amazon, and Google were put to trial. If they can't get checked then how will Tiktok get checked for doing the same thing?
      To be fair if Tiktok goes down for trying to do the same thing as the US tech giants do then the same fate should be applied to all big tech giants that put user data at risk.
      The US government doesn't have the balls because they need China for good, cheap labor, and continues to allow their big tech giant like apple to allow China backdoor access to user data.

    • @BenjaminHartleyReturns
      @BenjaminHartleyReturns Рік тому +3

      @@CodiakLBJfan He’s at the top of the pyramid because he figured out a niche and you’re at the bottom because you just took whatever you were given. That’s what’s going on here, you’re resentful. Now flip my burger and bag my groceries wagie.

    • @CodiakLBJfan
      @CodiakLBJfan Рік тому +2

      @Sean w na I'm not. Nice attempt though. Don't be mad that I put you in your place.

    • @Spookydeadite
      @Spookydeadite Рік тому

      @@Seanw-ij7yx it's time to get a real job hahahaha no wonder the US is doom , while China is successful in education, America is doom because of people like you

  • @Riottoolll
    @Riottoolll Рік тому +72

    The title of this video should be "National Security Threat, Congress has no idea how technology works. It should concern us all". They clearly showed how out of touch they are with how things work now. They are so out of touch, and clearly influenced by lobbyists.

    • @yourwifesboyfriend6081
      @yourwifesboyfriend6081 Рік тому +4

      Google and Meta are salivating at this opportunity.

    • @illuvatar5923
      @illuvatar5923 Рік тому +5

      Exactly. I continue to be astounded by our law makers' seeming vast ignorance of how the internet works in this, Taibbi's testimony, and the russia-gate hearings.

    • @MaestroKong
      @MaestroKong Рік тому

      They don't want to blurt out everything. The real thing they are concerned about is the population location. They likely know technology far beyond our level. Technology secret to the public.

  • @montebrown9528
    @montebrown9528 Рік тому +72

    TikTok has never followed me to the store. Google tells me where I go, how fast I got there, what I should buy, how many miles I have gone, and who I visited. So no, I'm not very concerned about China.

    • @manealst7249
      @manealst7249 Рік тому +13

      Well, that’s because you allowed it.

    • @tooeasy55
      @tooeasy55 Рік тому +17

      @@manealst7249 youre being tracked regardless if you allow it or not. Especially if you have phone service.

    • @freexboz7048
      @freexboz7048 Рік тому +10

      Exactly bro. I’m still for the ban of TikTok though bc that app has people on their phones 24/7 but yeah the U.S is being hypocritical….like it always is

    • @George-mz8ct
      @George-mz8ct Рік тому +4

      And that is the problem. You are not concerned about China, yet China is very much concerned with monitoring you. I pray you will not know the reality of that, but if you want reference, use your freedom to understand the oppression 1.4 billion Chinese experience in daily life and with true understanding, you will see the sadness of your words/mindset.

    • @coolman54061
      @coolman54061 Рік тому +7

      @@freexboz7048 with that logic youtube and instagram and facebook and all other social media should be banned. That’s stupid asl

  • @viniciuslima9430
    @viniciuslima9430 Рік тому +26

    I wish they charged the NRA in the same way. The hypocrisy in these politicians trying to play righteous and worried about others is beyond me.

    • @monortues
      @monortues Рік тому +1

      No, they do not have the guts.

    • @maniac2079
      @maniac2079 Рік тому +2

      Facebook is the real threat

    • @MaestroKong
      @MaestroKong Рік тому

      Their first priority is to defend themselves. Defend against nukes. Defend against intruders with their guns. They will try to win people over to get what they want. Real simple.

  • @Allium_369
    @Allium_369 Рік тому +18

    Their scared because they can’t control it like all the other social media apps.

    • @cybervigilante
      @cybervigilante Рік тому

      Yeah, UA-cam has become particularly disgusting in their bias and censorship of creators.

    • @chrissypoo69
      @chrissypoo69 Рік тому

      100%💯

  • @nostalgicmusicbox
    @nostalgicmusicbox Рік тому +127

    Funny you didn't bring up Cambridge Analytica and other American companies that abused user data, like was brought up during this.
    I'm not defending Tik Tok. I don't use it or even have it installed. We have a huge corporate issue with privacy as a whole.

    • @Dismembering_Man
      @Dismembering_Man Рік тому

      The issue is not about Americans spying on Americans…. It’s the fact that China was spying with an app that was installed on some government devices…

    • @Fish-ey9lt
      @Fish-ey9lt Рік тому

      Much rather an American company have the data than a Chinese one

    • @FloofyMinari
      @FloofyMinari Рік тому +11

      That's not the issue being addressed.
      This is a matter of national security not social media privacy.

    • @MrMAXZ888
      @MrMAXZ888 Рік тому +5

      This is true, and needs to be addressed. But still, country hostile to our own national interests should not run it's products here, unimpeded. They seem to feel same way about US tech. Most of which is banned.

    • @joyboy9072
      @joyboy9072 Рік тому +3

      U work for China

  • @WorthLess1
    @WorthLess1 Рік тому +32

    bruh, one of the questions was, "does tiktok use home wifi?" 💀💀💀

    • @AsadAbbasi-ss4bh
      @AsadAbbasi-ss4bh Рік тому +6

      perfect representation of american intelligence

    • @williamgray5491
      @williamgray5491 Рік тому +1

      @@AsadAbbasi-ss4bh Which is why TikTok needs to be ban

  • @alexanderriojas3018
    @alexanderriojas3018 Рік тому +85

    Focusing on things that really matter … our government is a joke 😂

    • @davidflores6922
      @davidflores6922 Рік тому +1

      Exactly 😂

    • @krissieg7862
      @krissieg7862 Рік тому +16

      Our national security is a joke ?

    • @workshaw1195
      @workshaw1195 Рік тому +15

      You can talk about the government all you want, doesn’t change how this app has made many Americans so narrow minded

    • @bross_exe
      @bross_exe Рік тому +7

      A piece of software developed by a foreign state installed on the majority of American smart phones is an important matter.

    • @ashkaash9819
      @ashkaash9819 Рік тому +5

      @@krissieg7862 There's 0 reason to believe tiktok poses a threat to our national security.

  • @eldonme
    @eldonme Рік тому +47

    Idk how congress and its people can be so out of touch.

    • @genericscout5408
      @genericscout5408 Рік тому

      They're out of touch all the time, this is because it's their donors who are highly intelligent. Congress are just full of pencil pushing middlemen who push whatever agenda is put in front of them, and they have maybe 2-3 pet peeve ideals to push. Like biden wanted to end the war cause it lasted too long. Anything else he's just winging it like Trump did.

    • @yourwifesboyfriend6081
      @yourwifesboyfriend6081 Рік тому +2

      They’re a reflection of the people they govern. So many Americans use technology, but very few have a meaningful understanding of how it all works and why.

    • @jimtan8472
      @jimtan8472 Рік тому

      Lobbyists for sure. Congress are exactly doing the same route as previous Empires in the past because of a certain matter they can't control

  • @kazanOfTheSand
    @kazanOfTheSand Рік тому +58

    They really don't know that the trends and the people themselves making these awful trends more of a threat then the company and its affiliates.

    • @jackmac66
      @jackmac66 Рік тому

      Well said

    • @gwynjustice2575
      @gwynjustice2575 Рік тому

      Have you checked tic tok in China? They dont condone those dumb trends. Its more educational or encouraging in content overall. The data concern is very real. Not just with tic tok either.

    • @kazanOfTheSand
      @kazanOfTheSand Рік тому +1

      @@gwynjustice2575 the TikTok in china is an entirely different application because of media censorship so ofc it would be alot different

    • @qsr1776
      @qsr1776 Рік тому

      I constantly see anti west and pro China messages on Tiktok

  • @deniscarp9637
    @deniscarp9637 Рік тому +13

    Doesn’t fb and insta do the same exact thing ?

    • @Ace-mw9pm
      @Ace-mw9pm Рік тому +6

      They're privately owned, the government can't access that data except in special cases like finding a criminal or national security threat. But TikTok like all Chinese companies is under the Chinese government and they can access it at anytime and for any reason.

    • @deniscarp9637
      @deniscarp9637 Рік тому +2

      @@Ace-mw9pm the government can access whatever they want as well who we kidding.

    • @Slender_Man_186
      @Slender_Man_186 Рік тому

      @@Ace-mw9pm Facebook and Google outright sell your data to the government all the time.

    • @FloofyMinari
      @FloofyMinari Рік тому

      @@deniscarp9637 no they can't.

    • @schmuelgoldstein
      @schmuelgoldstein Рік тому

      @@Ace-mw9pm It's hilarious that you think any of your data is private. Apple and Google will give the government anything, from phone records to data from period tracking apps, you are not private, the USA PATRIOT Act assured that.

  • @joeferny8792
    @joeferny8792 Рік тому +23

    Sell the app or face a ban in the US.
    SOUNDS LIKE BIG BULLYS TO ME

    • @bourgamenities4279
      @bourgamenities4279 Рік тому +1

      Mafia MO

    • @bulldogfightingforfreedom
      @bulldogfightingforfreedom Рік тому

      It’s called business, then China should ban all American app, does that help our civilization?

    • @theilluminati4406
      @theilluminati4406 Рік тому

      You sound like a bot

    • @Mazda3Ota
      @Mazda3Ota Рік тому

      ​@@bulldogfightingforfreedom China already banned all American apps and websites this has been a thing for a long time

    • @joeferny8792
      @joeferny8792 Рік тому

      @@bulldogfightingforfreedom you call it business I call it everything's getting in place for the battle of Armageddon

  • @tankerock
    @tankerock Рік тому +24

    Why on Earth would ByteDance sell TikTok? US is only 15% of its total users.

    • @liran547
      @liran547 Рік тому +1

      @@708robertd why, isnt US a free market? why force companies to sell its part to US companies, i think its called jelous and bully

  • @riddlechallenge
    @riddlechallenge Рік тому +24

    When someone already made up their mind to do something, there is really nothing you can say that will affect anything. Pity him to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when tension between US and China is high.

    • @riddlechallenge
      @riddlechallenge Рік тому +1

      But i am sure he worked hard to get to where he is now. Just feel bad for him. But a ban on tiktok doesnt matter to me. I will just watch more reels or shorts

    • @kenhew4641
      @kenhew4641 Рік тому

      @@riddlechallenge nah one just need to be a stooge for the CCP

    • @walden6272
      @walden6272 Рік тому

      @@kenhew4641 He's Singaporean from Singapore. You know a different country from China. LOL

    • @kenhew4641
      @kenhew4641 Рік тому

      @@walden6272 what has his nationality got to do with anything? He's employed by Byte Dance which is a CCP-sanctioned chinese company, his loyalty and submission is to the chinese company, and by extension the CCP of China.

    • @walden6272
      @walden6272 Рік тому

      @@kenhew4641 Half of Byte Dance Board is Americans. He is Singaporean, he doesn't even deal in China.

  • @tibedog5629
    @tibedog5629 Рік тому +28

    Trump "I'm going to ban TikTok"
    NBC: "Reeeeee racism!"
    Biden: "I'm going to ban TikTok"
    NBC: "Let's see where this goes"

  • @MrStumpson
    @MrStumpson Рік тому +17

    These politicians don't even know how to operate tiktok.

  • @schmuelgoldstein
    @schmuelgoldstein Рік тому +17

    GRILLED????? One of the Reps asked if Tik Tok has access to your home WIFI network 💀

    • @kScripting
      @kScripting Рік тому

      The app having access to your phone is you allowing permission to look at your data. So I'm unsure how that was funny?

    • @GeoPoly214
      @GeoPoly214 Рік тому +2

      ​@@kScripting are you forced to use that APP?

    • @DobbsterLobbster
      @DobbsterLobbster Рік тому +2

      @@kScriptingYou can’t access a router through a phone. They probably can tap into a phone and obtain data, but not go through your network. You would target their internet provider if they want to steal data from other devices if they’re even connected to it in the first place

    • @TheOldFartGamer
      @TheOldFartGamer Рік тому

      @schumel goldstooge: you don't know much about how network and security work do you? if TT is installed on your phone while on 5g/4g it should communicate out via the data/transport path presented to it by the underlying operating system. It should not probe your list of wifi name and password. or if the phone connected to your wifi network. TT should not be probing other devices on the network.

    • @GeoPoly214
      @GeoPoly214 Рік тому +1

      @@TheOldFartGamer tiktok doesn't do those "probing", have you used tiktok?

  • @Ekm31
    @Ekm31 Рік тому +4

    But it’s okay for Facebook to do all of that and worse?

  • @wshtb
    @wshtb Рік тому +3

    They say if you lie at congressional testimony, you will go to jail.
    Does it apply to the lawmakers themselves?

  • @MrBakedDaily
    @MrBakedDaily Рік тому +23

    The American people should investigate the whole senate like the Chinese do

    • @jimtan8472
      @jimtan8472 Рік тому

      Every muircans doing that for so long that's why some of them became conspiracy theories 💀. They all know Congress is a circus show

    • @hereisparker
      @hereisparker Рік тому

      You don't know anything about China, do you?

    • @hereisparker
      @hereisparker Рік тому

      Your tone just sounds like you believe China is a very democratic country.

  • @samueldejesusministrando1320
    @samueldejesusministrando1320 Рік тому +2

    remove that garbage from our society in Jesus name

  • @alextogo8367
    @alextogo8367 Рік тому +5

    Congress didn't grill squat

  • @johnsammarco1433
    @johnsammarco1433 Рік тому +23

    Miss information is totally the American & world wide news.

  • @malongfan840
    @malongfan840 Рік тому +2

    Ban it

  • @q3itachyon209
    @q3itachyon209 Рік тому +2

    They should ban all social media apps to logically make sense

  • @jqowens777
    @jqowens777 Рік тому +6

    GOOD

  • @kiea
    @kiea Рік тому +11

    They hate tiktok because our rich see it as a threat to their money.

  • @shibalogic5269
    @shibalogic5269 Рік тому +4

    grilled would be questioned, all I saw during the hearing was U.S. Congress go "Communists! Red Scare!, I don't care about the difference between Singapore and china" the CEO corrected the congress man that he wasn't Chinese he was from Singapore and the congressman goes "they are the same thing to me"

    • @qsr1776
      @qsr1776 Рік тому +2

      Why does it matter where he's from? It's ByteDance they care about. They are a Chinese company in Beijing. That's who he answers to ultimately. Either him or the next CEO representing tiktok.. Actually they have had several guys in his position since 2020. One was from the US I think. Ex Microsoft guy.

  • @somticlight3712
    @somticlight3712 Рік тому +3

    Grilled is definitely the wrong word, our guys didnt seem to understand the basic functionality of internet/computer basics

  • @Erin-Thor
    @Erin-Thor Рік тому +28

    Shouldn’t they be questioning the Chinese government owners?

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 Рік тому +8

      As if they are under any confines of American law?

    • @thegiantrubberduckyssqueek3163
      @thegiantrubberduckyssqueek3163 Рік тому +5

      Too big a dog to tame.

    • @mopar21
      @mopar21 Рік тому +3

      Big guy won't let that happen

    • @abba-RR
      @abba-RR Рік тому

      They only get to question the trained lapdogs

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor Рік тому

      @@mopar21 - Trump is not “the big guy’ anymore. Let’s hope we never have another president like him owned by both Russia and China.

  • @Chilifer34
    @Chilifer34 Рік тому +6

    This panel, I am sorry to report, us very incompetent. Their questioning clearly show they do not have an actual idea how it work. The ONLY congresswoman, who had a valid question, was the Lady of NY, but she talk about how black creators where being censored.

    • @RaindomCeains
      @RaindomCeains Рік тому +1

      some of the questions were insane. "Does tiktok scan users eye" "If i use tiktok on my home wifi does it access my home network" "why didnt you change the source code"

    • @Chilifer34
      @Chilifer34 Рік тому

      The one where I was just, "I'm Done" was when the CEO was like "our data collecting practice is not any different from industry standards". In which the congressional panel goes "No its not the same, stop saying the industry"

  • @jaredpage819
    @jaredpage819 Рік тому +1

    Shut it down! It’s making people completely worthless 😂

  • @Mattmannthegod
    @Mattmannthegod Рік тому +2

    I can't wait til it gets shutdown

  • @population-_-420
    @population-_-420 Рік тому +4

    Just ban it already that and Twitter

    • @zairareyes4842
      @zairareyes4842 Рік тому +4

      Then ban all social media

    • @terryvlunsford1610
      @terryvlunsford1610 Рік тому

      Ah, the only 2 big tech companies that aren't being controlled by the Democrats anymore.

    • @nightastheold9094
      @nightastheold9094 Рік тому

      @@zairareyes4842 yes please. IQ levels in America would skyrocket.

  • @ronaldyt1070
    @ronaldyt1070 Рік тому +3

    Doesn't ever app have your information

    • @jaymonster125
      @jaymonster125 Рік тому

      Exactly why Congress is worried. It's one thing when the American companies spy on you...😂

    • @soupdrinker
      @soupdrinker Рік тому

      Yeah but TikTok is directly connected to the Chinese Communist Party and the others aren’t

  • @ChatBloom
    @ChatBloom Рік тому +1

    Why are you not concerned with the homelessness?

  • @stevedoesnt
    @stevedoesnt Рік тому +1

    I don’t know whether TikTok is dangerous or spying or whatever, but I have no DOUBT in my mind that congresses line of questioning was embarrassingly ignorant, and mostly grandstanding, like most of these dog and pony show.

  • @13OraOras
    @13OraOras Рік тому +5

    Ban tiktok, I’m tired of seeing that garbage. Almost everyone in my school uses that junk.

  • @fattail01
    @fattail01 Рік тому +12

    TikTok is poison.

    • @ashkaash9819
      @ashkaash9819 Рік тому

      ok boomer

    • @terryvlunsford1610
      @terryvlunsford1610 Рік тому +1

      Especially to Democrats.

    • @typhoon1oon
      @typhoon1oon Рік тому

      @@ashkaash9819 dude we all don’t care about lbgt

    • @Martin-117
      @Martin-117 Рік тому +5

      ​@@ashkaash9819 be gone Chinese agent.

    • @ashkaash9819
      @ashkaash9819 Рік тому

      @@Martin-117 Very good sheep. baaa baaa China evil they're coming to get us baaaaa

  • @Disciple0097
    @Disciple0097 Рік тому +2

    My Amazon app surveys me more than tiktok

  • @c.krueger9530
    @c.krueger9530 Рік тому +1

    Congress: "if I turn on WiFi, does tiktok habe Access to the WiFi network?"
    And these people make important choices for three USA?! I feel sorry for the US

  • @srshama
    @srshama Рік тому +19

    I'm a millennial and I think the world would be a better place without it, but another will come along and take its place if it doesn't sell. Social media craziness is here to stay unfortunately

    • @jimtan8472
      @jimtan8472 Рік тому +3

      And so as Facebook twitter. Internet nowadays aren't safe anymore

    • @Townie7177
      @Townie7177 Рік тому

      Well Facebook is changing up their platform. They're not paying people like they use which is a good thing and bad. Theres people on there scamming and begging for money while they sit there and do make up. Other people do a great job just to have their videos stolen

    • @DeadAugur
      @DeadAugur Рік тому +2

      @@jimtan8472it’s never been safe?

    • @cybervigilante
      @cybervigilante Рік тому

      Well, they want a US based app the government can control and propagandize with.

  • @206guy5
    @206guy5 Рік тому +11

    Truth is Tiktok is not controlled by the Chinese government. The version that Americans use, the company who controls it is headquartered in LA and Singapore. Secondly, tiktok has 7,000 employees in the US. Thirdly, the parent company bytedance has 5 board members and three of them are American. So no, Tiktok is not owned by the Chinese government.

  • @sciondb7152
    @sciondb7152 Рік тому +1

    When the USA government is like ONLY WE CAN STEAL YOUR DATA. I feel like this is the pot calling the kettle black. lol

  • @wokedragon3211
    @wokedragon3211 Рік тому +1

    Congress looking like a joke YET AGAIN!

  • @itsreal8938
    @itsreal8938 Рік тому +10

    Sell or get banned lol

  • @AIC5150
    @AIC5150 Рік тому +20

    China and “being a place for free expression” should be everyone’s red flag. Also that kid, “I want to play on it so the adults are just wrong!”

  • @jacobsmith15
    @jacobsmith15 Рік тому

    And what does this hearing lead to exactly? What’s the point of the hearing?

  • @MrAlito27
    @MrAlito27 Рік тому +2

    This young people are so naive

    • @brianjohnson6053
      @brianjohnson6053 Рік тому

      Thats polite, the most incompetent useless generation ive ever seen. Im pro life but near as i can tell the whole bunch should have been aborted. Gen x failed abysmally

  • @daveinthailand
    @daveinthailand Рік тому +4

    I'm so pleased the US don't use cookies and trackers to monitor you all the time😂😂😂😂

  • @jimmyz25z
    @jimmyz25z Рік тому +2

    just tell your kid to read books and do some meaningful things rather than wasting time with their phone, or just buy them Nokia rather than smart phone. national security threat is a joke. these congressman/woman just missed the point.

  • @mightygod8437
    @mightygod8437 Рік тому +1

    Shut it down

  • @kennerfreak7
    @kennerfreak7 Рік тому +4

    Get rid of it.

  • @jimmy4437
    @jimmy4437 Рік тому +8

    that is so crazy young children’s telling grown-up people how to run the system and what they want that’s so crazy

    • @RaindomCeains
      @RaindomCeains Рік тому

      American citizen tells an elected official what he as a constituent would like 😲😲😲😲😲

  • @Rachel-pp6mn
    @Rachel-pp6mn Рік тому

    I’m bothered with his right eye. What is that??

  • @zorrocool
    @zorrocool Рік тому

    These so called congressmen or women are a bunch of hypocrites

  • @Spookydeadite
    @Spookydeadite Рік тому +4

    They should also ban FB
    Remember when Trump wanted to ban TikTok but they called him a liar and such

    • @kazanOfTheSand
      @kazanOfTheSand Рік тому

      Social media as a whole dangerous if not giving regulation that would keep the users safe. If TikTok does anything that would violate user data such as the likes FB . If you take into consideration the userbase and the targeted audience, the Chinese communist communist parties involvement with Chinese owned companies the threat of national security is there because of Chinese laws allowing them at any time do what ever they would like with the company

    • @kazanOfTheSand
      @kazanOfTheSand Рік тому

      FB on they other hand wouldn't go out of there way to do something as large as what they are saying TikTok as the potential to do because they wouldn't profit in the long term from it at all. after all FB is an american company and America has a capitalist system that companies follow in order to gain wealth, FB wouldn't go out of there way to hand over user data to foreign countries like china or russia who are enemies of us simply because that would lower there stock value and people would stop using it because of fear that FB user data would be used against the Us in a malicious way. But I do see your reasoning behind wanting the ban of Facebook with there past of selling user data but there is no concern of this harming us americans as to what TikTok's user data could hold to the CCP when its being handed over without any say of the company approval. Feel free to disagree

  • @irvingramirez1071
    @irvingramirez1071 Рік тому +29

    I hope it gets banned for security reasons also , Tiktok is not good . Go live life people you only get one .

    • @One-Time-Review
      @One-Time-Review Рік тому +5

      LOL

    • @206guy5
      @206guy5 Рік тому +4

      Then UA-cam, Facebook, IG should be banned then.

    • @srz3732
      @srz3732 Рік тому

      I'm Chinese, and I know what I'm about to say is ironic, but I really like TikTok/Douyin. It's not because it's a Chinese app, but because it provides a platform where everyone can share their opinions, not just famous celebrities, influencers, and politicians. A few months ago, China had the most restricted COVID policies ever. People started to walk on the streets to protest and even ask President Xi to resign. All Chinese people shared this information on the Chinese version of TikTok (Douyin), and the government or even ByteDance couldn't control or delete all of it. I know how frustrating it is to lose freedom of speech as a Chinese citizen, but I believe that even in the US, many social media platforms are controlled by certain groups of people and politicians. If TikTok were to be banned, you guys lose a good way to share your opinions.

    • @talkingthetalk3640
      @talkingthetalk3640 Рік тому

      Says the 🤡 on UA-cam

    • @irvingramirez1071
      @irvingramirez1071 Рік тому

      Both of you brain washed .

  • @jacopodanglars4836
    @jacopodanglars4836 Рік тому +1

    title says “Grilled “ 😂😂😂😂

  • @whitneyhayes8085
    @whitneyhayes8085 Рік тому

    Wonder how thet goin to do it and when this post to go down

  • @rudathe-g-7088
    @rudathe-g-7088 Рік тому +5

    If i woure the CEO of Tiktak i would let the us ban Tiktak and would say: This is who america take care of there kids... Befor they would ban guns in classrooms, they whould ban a harmless app!!!

  • @blas8866
    @blas8866 Рік тому +6

    I do remember a young girl from Mexico with her hands tied in front of her while kneeling and being filmed while someone be- headed her. Blood running down her body and that was uploaded to Tik Tok. Social media is a Pandora’s box. Parents need to ban it from their teens and kids phones.

    • @blake1535
      @blake1535 Рік тому

      Ya that probably got banned within a day it only takes a very few amount of people to report it… Twitter has got even worse video on there

  • @ElGordo5442
    @ElGordo5442 Рік тому +2

    These chair man are so old and don’t know how to give a question and let them answer

  • @ceska3075
    @ceska3075 Рік тому +1

    The fact they barely know anything about TikTok…be so fr. 😐 It’s like watching grown adults arguing that Cocomelon is bad.
    also, im confused. they’re so worried about such an unserious app, meanwhile, gun violence exists 🧐🙃

  • @CatmanMEOOOOW
    @CatmanMEOOOOW Рік тому +6

    Kids are mad cause now they need to actually have talent to become famous 😂

    • @Killahurtz260
      @Killahurtz260 Рік тому

      I dunno. Amassing a million+ followers requires some degree of talent.

    • @CatmanMEOOOOW
      @CatmanMEOOOOW Рік тому

      @@Killahurtz260 ……party

    • @soupdrinker
      @soupdrinker Рік тому

      @@Killahurtz260 no it doesn’t

  • @StrideRunner68
    @StrideRunner68 Рік тому +3

    (Ban Twitter, Facebook , Tik tok,) but the Golden Child Google 's UA-cam leave untouched for addiction 😮.... People need a life outside of Pokémon Go walking into street poles 😂

  • @Forever-411
    @Forever-411 Рік тому +1

    Ban it!!!!

  • @naminelove8951
    @naminelove8951 Рік тому +1

    What about LGBT abusing the app as well with all of their nonsense and targeting underage kids

  • @kashr7439
    @kashr7439 Рік тому +5

    The kid who based his whole life on tiktok is exactly why it should be banned

    • @liran547
      @liran547 Рік тому +5

      so we should ban cell phones as well

    • @Miguelbamboo
      @Miguelbamboo Рік тому

      @@liran547 👍😂😂

    • @indubitablyso7874
      @indubitablyso7874 Рік тому +1

      And you posting this brain dead comment is why UA-cam should be banned 😹🤓

  • @idm1738
    @idm1738 Рік тому +7

    BAN TIKTOK 🚫 🎊🎉🥳

  • @danielaguilar6460
    @danielaguilar6460 Рік тому +2

    “A problem we face in the industry” seemed to be their favorite phrase.

    • @tinacai4163
      @tinacai4163 Рік тому

      Google left the chat.
      Twitter left the chat.
      Instagram left the chat.

  • @2332Stephen
    @2332Stephen Рік тому +2

    Time to get off ot tiktok , get out of the house and get a real job, kids. " influencer"is not a skill or a talent.

  • @roser8911
    @roser8911 Рік тому +4

    Won’t even let him respond. It’s not fair. Poor guy lol 😂

  • @JayyyNoZ
    @JayyyNoZ Рік тому +31

    RIP Tiktok…. I didn’t even use you like that 😞

    • @amandafevrier2638
      @amandafevrier2638 Рік тому +3

      Me neither😂 lol

    • @JayyyNoZ
      @JayyyNoZ Рік тому +1

      @@amandafevrier2638 😂

    • @edwards.8801
      @edwards.8801 Рік тому

      ​@@JayyyNoZ you make me 🤮🤮🤮

    • @JayyyNoZ
      @JayyyNoZ Рік тому

      @Ch Ch 😭😂

    • @13OraOras
      @13OraOras Рік тому

      Never used that garbage in my life. Never will.

  • @Swghostface
    @Swghostface Рік тому +1

    This one poor guy tried to make an app and the us punishes him for this

  • @travishancock2302
    @travishancock2302 Рік тому

    Get rid of it..And make our own version that is used in the right way !

  • @freexboz7048
    @freexboz7048 Рік тому +15

    I don’t feel bad for the influencers. Just get on another platform. That app literally makes people Zombies. I’m not even a old person saying this 💀 I’m 16 and I see that my classmates and friends spend HOURS stuck on that app. Their grades drop, their social skills are deteriorating, and their attention span is that of a fly. I was the same until I deleted the app bc it was causing me procrastination and ever since, I’m happier, extroverted,and in tune with the present moment. I hope that app gets deleted, it sucks.

    • @oogabooga510
      @oogabooga510 Рік тому +5

      Get off internet then why you here ?

    • @karenwilliams2858
      @karenwilliams2858 Рік тому

      yeah exactly the app does nothing but fry your dopamine receptors and we would be better off without it

    • @freexboz7048
      @freexboz7048 Рік тому +4

      @@oogabooga510 Did I hit too close to home Ooga booga? 🥺

    • @karmakazi219
      @karmakazi219 Рік тому

      I know people twice your age who are addicted to tiktok and it's the exact same story. They have zero attention span, zero ambition, zero social skills, and they will spend hours on the app. I can't even imagine what it must be like to spend all day watching random 15 second videos. That would be torture for me. The fact that people do it willingly is a testament to how much it can mess people up.

    • @UrMomOwesMeMoney
      @UrMomOwesMeMoney Рік тому

      It’s not the technology’s fault that some people have no discipline. Prohibition doesn’t work when the masses want something. TikTok doesn’t make people dumb. Dumb people make TikTok dumb. *Side note: I don’t use TikTok because I prefer YT and I think TikTok is shallow. I don’t care if other people use it though. None of my business.

  • @HH-yc7oz
    @HH-yc7oz Рік тому

    Should ban LinkedIn too. I hate how companies don’t even consider candidates if they don’t have a LinkedIn account. It should be discriminatory.

  • @moisesgarcia5332
    @moisesgarcia5332 Рік тому

    Get rid of it!!!!!

  • @CodiakLBJfan
    @CodiakLBJfan Рік тому +7

    Anyone upset about this, or tiktok getting banned, needs to grow up.

    • @RaindomCeains
      @RaindomCeains Рік тому

      It is just hypocrisy. why is this any different from any american social media companies? we didnt ban facebook/meta after Mark Zuckerberg was in the exact same position

    • @kazanOfTheSand
      @kazanOfTheSand Рік тому +1

      I am upset about how they addressed the situation only worrying about user data security is pretty scummy considering all the people who die and hurt themselves after doing these dangerous trends.

    • @sz6738
      @sz6738 Рік тому +1

      @@RaindomCeainsperfect example of y it needs to go ☝🏻☝🏻

    • @CodiakLBJfan
      @CodiakLBJfan Рік тому

      @RaNdOm did you even watch the testimony? Several people brought up the safety of children. They talked about the studies that were done about how young kids were more depressed, and hurting themselves from these ridiculously stupid challenges.
      Honestly, tiktok is one of the first things that has united democrats and republicans in awhile. I can dig that for sure.

    • @thespinoboy5615
      @thespinoboy5615 Рік тому

      Tiktok is also allowing the wide acceptance of literally anything teens and kids do, from stealing to straight up murder, it’s fighting against parents and preventing them from disciplining and allowing their child to grow healthy
      We have a society that is more connected than ever, but it is a double edge sword sharpened at us and makes the next generation think they are right on any topic and that they can do anything
      It’s harmful and it needs to be properly regulated or removed

  • @Justin________________
    @Justin________________ Рік тому +3

    That’s the thing about our country. Decisions aren’t made by naive teenagers!!

  • @aaronsheldon8649
    @aaronsheldon8649 Рік тому

    Duncan needs to find a REAL job.

  • @jamieshryack200
    @jamieshryack200 Рік тому +2

    Get rid of it tik tok is wack

  • @chadchaddingtonflexington8415
    @chadchaddingtonflexington8415 Рік тому +11

    Tiktok should be banned, deleted, and erased from this earth.

  • @Papa_Flick240
    @Papa_Flick240 Рік тому +5

    The guy made fair points but id still would like tiktok to be banned because I strongly hate it

  • @san3570
    @san3570 Рік тому +1

    On the other hand Google, Facebook, Microsoft will never do that in America and foreign country.😅

  • @BigKevUSC
    @BigKevUSC Рік тому +1

    Needs to go

  • @edyann
    @edyann Рік тому +3

    I don't even know what the social site is about... seems senseless to me.

  • @simpmoment
    @simpmoment Рік тому +4

    Look like It’s time for TikTokers to look for a Job

  • @cainiaowu-yu1gx
    @cainiaowu-yu1gx Рік тому +1

    Missing out that home wifi moment, what a pity.

  • @EdgardoDC
    @EdgardoDC Рік тому +1

    thank God I never downloaded that thing

  • @206guy5
    @206guy5 Рік тому +3

    Go Tiktok ceo

  • @brushlessmicrot
    @brushlessmicrot Рік тому +3

    I’m all for the banning of TikTok. The only thing that scares me about banning it is that I don’t want it to set a precedent for more US government control in the future. I’d hope that this is a one off situation.