I find it so funny imagining a whole team of highly sophisticated and intelligent people at TikTok's HQ coming up with every possible response to intricate cyber security questions just to be hit with "Does TikTok access WiFi?"
It made me so mad because they didnt let bro respond. like unless he was about to say "yes tiktok hates children and supports genocide" they arent going to let him talk.
They were determining his allegiance via hard questions. If they got his opinion on the Uyghurs, thats a clear indicator. Obviously he didnt answer cause then us or china would immediatly smack the shit out of him tho
@@Aiophgy Disney and most of Hollywood bows to China in every movie they make by removing anything critical to Chinese rule, does this mean they're loyal to China?
The biggest issue with these congresspeople is they don't actually want to seriously evaluate TikTok as a threat or pass legislation to improve national security. They want to LOOK hard on TikTok and the CCP while cameras are pointed at them so then they can play those clips and go "ohh look how hard I was on TikTok now vote for me" come election time. That's also the reason why they keep bizarrely asking about the CEO's nationality or whether he himself believes in Uyghur human rights abuses- that way they can argue that they're so hard on China (when in reality that has nothing to do with TikTok). Their minds were already made up on TikTok before the CEO said a word, and they just want to use the briefing to convince ignorant people to vote for them during elections.
she attempted to establish that 2 different companies from china who should be unrelated have deep connections on the back end and if they freely share information they collect between each other without profit motive. (this eludes to the CCP being the connecting factor) It is just really hard to do when the person you are asking yes or no questions wont answer with either of those and just rambles about other things.
Imagine the CEO at home mentally preparing himself to be hammered and answer difficult questions to be bombarded with pure stupidity and arrogance. Was probably thinking to himself why did I waste my time preparing anything
Him getting ready to answer how tiktok uses the algorithm to suggest videos that would appeal to the viewer 2 days later in a congressional hearing : "Does TikTok use WiFi?
@@Rdg-bg9vr nope, taking about dude mentioning stupidity and arrogance yet having no idea that the ceo is obviously playing dumb to avoid any serious repercussions knowing full and well that the CCP can take any data they want from tiktok
Actually, it's even the exact opposite: everyone fucking disagrees with her. The voters disagree with these politicians and know more about the subject.
Yea he was also sweating bullets because they started bringing up other Chinese CEOs and realized he has a very good chance of either being told he’s not allowed to run Tik Tok anymore or just getting killed
No, he built up to asking if TikTok accesses other devices on the same WiFi network. How the fuck could so many people not comprehend the question is mind boggling.
that one guy started off so strong. he seemed genuine, he used terminology that at least made him appear somewhat intelligent, he is clearly a very formal individual in a respectable position. only to ask if tiktok connects to the fucking wi-fi
One of the worst parts was when some guy started saying something like "To all the teenagers who think we're ignorant about technology, we aren't". They really aren't aware at all how little they know.
Representative of Texas and he talked about the China communist party being able in the future to get data from tiktok since they own the parent company. Brought up how there is already leaked data from america to China then brought up that quote referring to the protection of children’s user data. How america could potentially lose internally due to data targeting. Although he also didn’t let the ceo speak 😂 and cut him off most times when he was trying to. He also kept inferring the tik tok ceo was Chinese 😅 I think at one point he or someone mentioned why is it called project texas when the company the ceo was working with was based in texas LMFAO
What he was trying to imply is that they will use their data to promote the whole CCP narrative. Misleading everyone into de-vilify the communist party. And it's been working. A lot of young Americans are unaware of the evil regime. There's a huge divide going on in your country because of that. Soon I won't even be able to use UA-cam here in Hong Kong to comment this..
@@MinecraftGod69420 It doesn't. We're literally teetering on the edge of a civil war and an absolute economic collapse. You know some lawmakers are proposing to bring back lynching? Lynching, like hanging people from tree lynching. And when you consider all the SHIT lawmakers have been passing lately with absolutely no public voting, it'll probably fucking happen!
Her just talking over him and basically answering her own questions on his behalf makes me want to throw my phone across the room. Not only is it downright rude and annoying but it’s so unprofessional.
The hearing wasn't to question TikTok, it was for the people in congress to reaffirm to themselves that they think they know what they are talking about.
Dude, the level of smugness I saw from her was hilarious It's like asking a toddler if they can count from 1 to 10, then they skip every odd number and still end up looking at you with triumph
yal are all wrong, charlie completely botched his entire explaination of this event. she brought up a 400 view tiktok post because that post was calling for this specific congress to be murdered, only tiktok and congress even knew about the meetup, tiktok/ccp made the tiktok to try and get americans to murder congress. the reason people keep cutting off the ceo is because they only have 5 minutes each and need to spend their time perfectly.
My problem with this whole thing is how there is litterally people dying to school shootings and instead of spending time on working/fixing that the government is busy dealing with unimportant cases like this. It is honestly sad to me.
A good deal of your politicians having a spyware app on their phone that feeds directly to China is a kind of a big deal, actually. Especially if they handle sensitive information.
@@matmat9644 this country is so dumb man, it sucks that people my age and around it have to deal with the worrying thought of having a shooter in the building
@@OncelerKidsAreCringe I’m just saying it would be more important to focus on serious topics rather than TikTok, especially when people who have no clue what the case is about are representing it
Im just super proud of charlie. He stuck to his word about putting more effort into his reaction videos. He keeps us up to date on news but instead of just sitting and watching the video with his viewers he constructs a concise intro to explain the video contents, then splices his thoughts throughout.
Then are you really above the idiot in the first place? I mean if you are smarter but let the dumb one get more experienced what are you doing up there in the first place? Step back down where you belong. Underneath the idiot.
Can we get a movie about this hearing where they copy word for word the questions asked but have Ryan Reynolds playing the CEO and just answering as sarcastically as possible lol
Her continually saying yes is pretty much her thinking she won an argument because she didn't let him talk. "my question was so good, look at him. Flabbergasted with no response after I only gave him .04 seconds time. I'm so good at this."
They have a set limited time for their questions, so they try to get in as much as possible so that they can clip it and use it for campaigning back home (and they know from previous hearings of this kind - that if they actually let the guy answer, it would end up taking up most of their allotted time slot) most of em are just cynical opportunists trying to advance their domestic political careers
@@jtjoemamma don’t forget the weirdly cropped “don’t tread on me” snake on the iPad case. It’s driving me nuts the whole case isn’t yellow, and why it’s on there like that.
The terrifying reality is that the bill intended to ban TikTok can change the internet as we know it. If Bill s.686 (The Restrict Act) passes, it will grant officials the control of any form of technology that has access to the internet, along with your privacy. This is a very important topic to look into because the TikTok Congressional Ban could bring many other terrifying changes to the internet.
Yes, this should be stopped. If this is true, it’s an obvious path of light that shows the inevitability of corruption, I’m scared America will become like Nazi Germany.
Always post the full information. It goes specifically to technologies and software from certain adversaries of the US (Iran,China,Russia,North Korea,Etc.) Not domestic products or services.
Plenty of VPNs and illegal pirate apps exist, I use them all the time, I highly doubt the government can even control the internet even if they tried. Not even the owners of the social media apps can control it.
one of the scariest things is that a lot of people gained trust in tiktok because of this as if they were worthy of trust solely due to incompetent politicians
Not understanding tech doesn't mean there are risk with such a big social media company being based out of China, especially when it comes to US and China geopolitics
The fact that this comment doesn't have more likes scares me. Then again, I'm sure people who watch this guy's channel are a bunch of TikTokers themselves lol
they dont let him speak because last time they did a trial for idiotic bans was with heavy metal and dee snider, he made nothing but perfect sense and all they could do was put the parental advisory on CD's and stuff
My favorite part was when they asked “Mr. Chew, does tiktok support genocide?” And he replied “why yes, yes it does” and proceeded to morb out of the room
Agreed; after all, it’s a congressional hearing trial, so every motion is like one in a court hearing. I never see countless comments or even UA-cam videos start spoofing lawyers for asking if OJ Simpson was an American football player! 😂
they need to go back to school And re learn All bout Technology.Dude even 5 years old Know What Wifi and How it work.When i'm seeing this clip i was like This old fart must be joking.
I’ve seen multiple congress “debates” and this is all it is, people ask questions and then expect just a yes or no answer even though most of the questions require much more than yes or no
I Googled her to see what people were saying about her responses and I found her personal government website which funny enough is labeled by Google as a non-fully secured website that attackers can get access to. She's so concerned about security she didn't even secure her own website
recently it became even more goofy as tom cotton just could not understand that the tiktok CEO is SINGAPOREAN, i swear he doesn't know what Singapore is
The biggest issue here is. There are legitimate concerns to address when it comes to tiktok and how it's managed. Just none of them bothered looking into any of them
1:25 Funnily enough, the Tiktok CEO himself even made the point that no government official should have any social media apps installed on their phones.
About that hearing, that's standard for a congressional hearing because theres a disconnect between the witness and the representative. The representative is VERY crunched for time and wants very short succinct answers in the form of a yes or a no but the witness more often than not wants to delve into the nuance and "save face" by offering an explanation. In court, any court, congressional or otherwise, everyone making the inquiries do not want any more information than what they prompt you for. Offering more information than what was asked is simply not acceptable in a hearing format because its highly probable the witness will try to confuse you with detail. Basically, the more opportunity you have to speak, the more opportunity you have to lie - or incriminate yourself.
@@Randomperson462 I hate those people lol. Sure is easy to feel like a badass when you cover yourself in scary stickers even when there's nobody who cares
Whoever said there are no stupid questions, must never have listened to these congress people. These are the types of questions people with smooth brains and blank minds ask.
It’s actually insane how good they are making this man look. I full heartedly can not understand how that lady ever got to the position she was in, when she talks like that in court. She’s acting like she’s on to something and the fact he’s not responding in yes or no seems to fuel her need to cut him off. Also there’s this dude in the background that look’s asleep.
It's pretty easy. Sell out your beliefs and be lucky. If it took hard work the people there would actually care. No one cares about the actual person it's who they will vote for to be majority leader. You can have the best representative ever but if they vote for the other party you disagree with you're better off voting against them. Why? Who controls the house and senate is picked by a handful if that of seats ie the senate being barely in democrats control. If they lose I think 1- 3 Republicans control it and comes huge change similar with the house but a few more seats. Sad but that's the state of our congress and won't get better since no one will give up power.
whats interesting is that there was another congress woman who asked genuine questions about racism in tiktoks algorithm and the ceo was really listening and taking notes so he could properly answer them. imagine how much more productive this could've been if the others actually understood what they were talking about. or if they at least knew the difference between china and singapore
"If they at least knew the difference between china and singapore" I personally never take something like that seriously, because we also can't tell the difference between every nationality in Europe too. I'm pretty sure majority of Asians don't even know the difference between British and English, so I don't think it's fair to expect otherwise from them.
@hamoIQ black panther was a bad movie tho ngl that's understandable but the new Stat wars weren't too bad they really couldn't of done too much else with the story tbh
1:50 - they’re actually there to stop copyright but people started to get accustomed to a 2nd video playing underneath it. Some people on tiktok openly make fun of it but also openly admit they can’t really watch story videos or clips without that 2nd video.
I've never been more embarrassed to be an American than I was during that TikTok hearing. I had second hand embarrassment, first hand embarrassment, post embarrassment, pre embarrassment, I don't know if the embarrassment will ever go away. I've never been so embarrassed in my life about anything.
"Congressman, you have the floor" "Okay Mr. Tiktok guy, explain to me why I only get thirst traps, and femboys on my for you page." "Sir, that's just your algorithm..." "Enough of this Chinese nonsense!"
They barely let him speak. Regardless on the thoughts on TikTok, I feel as though it was disrespectful and unfair as both sides should fairly share their perspectives.
charlie is right about how tiktok is detrimental to the mental health of kids. i remember this one time a girl stitched a video of a girl with "big birthing hips" and said she was literally going to kill herself because some of them can't have those. wtf lmao
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@Andrew Peng the China ones are blatant racism Facebook uses our data, youtube, amazon, yet the attack the Singaporean guy because hes the "china man"
But china doesn't allow foreign companies without siding with a Chinese company 😂 that's the main issue here. Also, china will cry their asses out if the US bans any Chinese company 🤦♂️, i do agree that she was stupid for not letting him answer the question like damm let him cook
Congressman: “How does an algorithm? Yes or No?” Shou: “I believe there may be a misunders-” Congressman: “IT’S A SIMPLE YES OR NO, WOW, I YIELD MY TIME!”
She rly does lol looks like half the customers i deal with at the bakery i work at. The kind that cry bc a single frosting flower on their childs cake (who doesnt even care rly) is the wrong shade of Pretty Princess Pink or whatever lmao
I mean it should be deleted. It contributes nothing to society except waisting peoples time, making them more sedentary and lazy, and shortening their attention spans.
As a European. It’s Not just your goverment. It feels like it’s a Must for a goverment worker to have a Toast IQ. Bc i Listen to some Podcast with some Ex cia etc and These People Are very Smart and know How to use the Internet but the goverment itself. Holy moly
I've learned THOUSANDS of valuable things from tiktok. I've also recieved much more notoriety for my music from it than ANY other platform in 30 years. I'll fight someone idc. Theres toxic shit on every platform. Acting like that's a reason that it's a bad platform.. where that energy for youtube and twitch?
Chinese tik tok promotes stem to kids. American tiktok promotes racial and gender ideologies to children. Propaganda works, and these selective algorithms amplify messages meant to divide us. And it works.
@LadPasta what institutional power do they wield? Because from what I can tell the left controls, the media, colleges, public schools, the fbi/dhs, social media, silicon valley
This reminds me when Mark Zuckerberg had to explain how how the Internet works to the congress, and answering simple questions that they could’ve researched themselves. Edit: Oh shit Moist already mentioned it but oh well.
they coulda prepped with someone who knew shit, got their internets101, asked all their dumb questions, and then created some actual decent ones..... BUT NO.
Yea and the technologically handicapped and fearmongers ran with it. Making clips to infinity about some of the dumbest parts of the entire thing just like they will do with this. Too many people don't understand that the one app they are scared of/hate is accessing the same data being accessed by pretty much all the other apps out there as well.
A large portion of the stupid questions are their to establish a fact and not genuinely asking them, in court you have to establish something before it can be used
It’s not that, it’s just an easy way to make even an honest person look guilty. Ask a really weird question that requires a comprehensive answer, then make it seem like the inability to give a straight y/n is an admission of guilt. Really embarrassing that these people run the country
@@donothesitate1198 "Don't tread on me". If you don't know what that is, it's a flag from the American revolution when they were fighting for independence. But now it's mostly used by government bootlicks (or in this case, someone who wears the boot).
That Kat whoever had the nastiest smug little smirk on her face as she ran over him with her own questions and throwing out her own answers on top of his. Absolutely repulsive lmao
They don't actually want the answers. This is just a performance for them to use in ads and campaigning, so they can clip themselves and pretend they're doing something
It’s a congressional hearing trial, so every motion is like one in a court hearing. I never see countless comments or even UA-cam videos start spoofing lawyers for asking if OJ Simpson was an American football player! After reading your comment, I concurred, that TikTok is really making teens dumb 🤭
The sad part is this is pretty much how every single congressional hearing goes. They ask dumb and repetitive question, they are extremely rude and cut off the person trying to answer the questions, and they never get to the bottom of anything.
@@keiytofficial agreed… and there used to be a time where you could escape politics by watching sports or movies but now politics has found it’s way into every facet of life. It keeps people riled up and at each other’s throats. Divide and conquer is their game and unfortunately we fall for it every time.
@@matt909er man idk how to tell you this but sports and movies have always been political in some way, it's just more obvious now because everybody talks about it so everybody's constantly looking for it
@@matt909er movies have always been political lmao. I mean go back 45 years to Star Wars, our PRESIDENT named a whole plan after it and the movies were a direct reference to the Nazis and authoritarianism which was not long ago at that point. Go back to even the sitcoms of the 50’s and 60’s, plenty of controversies with race and political themes. Many of the people like Betty white were famous for political controversy in their works
The bigger issue at hand is that Tiktok does everything US based social platforms do. So to take TikTok to task, you would need to also take Twt, FB, even Google to task. And they won't do it
Exactly. They need to either hold it all accountable, or let TikTok slide if they’re going to ignore the other platforms. It’s irritating when people aren’t consistent and always make stupid exceptions.
Yup this is comment I was looking for. Much more deeper sinister issues at hand, Tiktok is just a drop in the ocean of it all but we need to start somewhere.
Not even old, just willingly ignorant. Why would they educate themselves on anything. (Because that requires real work lol) It’s the US government they get paid millions to be toddlers and sit in their high chairs and spit up on their gold bibs.
What's sad is that they're not even that old. The lady in this video is 35, born in 1988, she's a Millennial. They're just career politicians with no real-world experience pushing an agenda.
I'm tired of this as the big example everyone points too. It's not even result of his age or lack of technology awareness. (I do admit many and maybe even him, are too out of touch) He was asking questions like a lawyer, laying a foundation, get him to say the obvious things to get to the real question. I wish he included the full clip. Does tik tok use wifi? Yes. And are there usually other devices that also use WiFi on one network? Yes. Can and does tik tok access information about or from those other devices. It's laying it out for people who may not understand how WiFi works.
"Does tiktok use wifi?" God help us all.
“does the stove use the powerlines?”
Stop watching these CringeTubers, I make better videos 😂👌
“Does the grocery store sell food”
@@avery2cute 💀
@@statticxx 💀
I find it so funny imagining a whole team of highly sophisticated and intelligent people at TikTok's HQ coming up with every possible response to intricate cyber security questions just to be hit with "Does TikTok access WiFi?"
Got em' good
Honestly, they asked good questions relevant to the subject. I don't understand why people seem to be mad at the congress people.
My farts are better than Dream's farts!!!
@@minafrota6124 How do you? Yes or no please??? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!111!!1!
@Mina Frota Yes because asking if it accesses wifi with no further explanation is a good question
It made me so mad because they didnt let bro respond. like unless he was about to say "yes tiktok hates children and supports genocide" they arent going to let him talk.
They were determining his allegiance via hard questions. If they got his opinion on the Uyghurs, thats a clear indicator. Obviously he didnt answer cause then us or china would immediatly smack the shit out of him tho
@@Aiophgy dude, the questions were literally "does TikTok use wifi?" and "Why do you need to scan eyes for the filter?"
@@Aiophgy
Disney and most of Hollywood bows to China in every movie they make by removing anything critical to Chinese rule, does this mean they're loyal to China?
Tiktok loves children.
Because they make them money.
Well, they do lol
the fact that they brought a shitpost up as a threat was just hilarious
Old people can't understand recent memes and its too funny to watch lmao
Still I think the “does TikTok use home wifi” question was the funniest 🤣
The biggest issue with these congresspeople is they don't actually want to seriously evaluate TikTok as a threat or pass legislation to improve national security. They want to LOOK hard on TikTok and the CCP while cameras are pointed at them so then they can play those clips and go "ohh look how hard I was on TikTok now vote for me" come election time. That's also the reason why they keep bizarrely asking about the CEO's nationality or whether he himself believes in Uyghur human rights abuses- that way they can argue that they're so hard on China (when in reality that has nothing to do with TikTok).
Their minds were already made up on TikTok before the CEO said a word, and they just want to use the briefing to convince ignorant people to vote for them during elections.
Your pfp scared the everliving shit out of me😭
her repeating yes over and over as he tries to talk should be a example of why she shouldn't be a representative of anything lmao
She also boasts a “don’t tread on me sticker” usually a calling card for anybody who struggles with the concept of nuance
Shell get re-elected too. Welcome to America, this is not new and not getting better, enjoy the ride.
Maybe the rep or KFC
@@joslynhayes8530 In the words of this women Yes!
In June 2022, reports emerged that ByteDance employees in China could access US data and repeatedly accessed the private information of TikTok users
Her repeatedly saying yes hurts. It’s like having your brain cells hammered out of your head with every “yes”
It's pissing me off with how many times she's cutting him off like damn bitch let him talk.
Nothing more frustrating than watching a stupid person nodding yes when they clearly don’t get it.
That's prime miss trunchbull behaviour, she even look like abusive and sadistic teacher who would whipped her students with cat o nine tails whip.
I feel sorry for her spouse....
she attempted to establish that 2 different companies from china who should be unrelated have deep connections on the back end and if they freely share information they collect between each other without profit motive. (this eludes to the CCP being the connecting factor) It is just really hard to do when the person you are asking yes or no questions wont answer with either of those and just rambles about other things.
Imagine the CEO at home mentally preparing himself to be hammered and answer difficult questions to be bombarded with pure stupidity and arrogance.
Was probably thinking to himself why did I waste my time preparing anything
Him getting ready to answer how tiktok uses the algorithm to suggest videos that would appeal to the viewer
2 days later in a congressional hearing : "Does TikTok use WiFi?
Seriously, I could feel him being embarrassed for us (U.S.).... SMGDH
if only you knew how ironic you comment about stupidity was
@@austinzeagler2460 I assume you're commenting on his grammar
@@Rdg-bg9vr nope, taking about dude mentioning stupidity and arrogance yet having no idea that the ceo is obviously playing dumb to avoid any serious repercussions knowing full and well that the CCP can take any data they want from tiktok
As Winston Churchill once said, “The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
US govt officials try not to look like dumbarses for 10 secs challenge (impossible)
Ok?
This isnt a voter, wtf are you talking about. Did you just want to share a famous quote entirely unrelated to the situation to sound smart?
Actually, it's even the exact opposite: everyone fucking disagrees with her. The voters disagree with these politicians and know more about the subject.
@@TheCompleteMental People vote for who sits in congress...
It’s funny af how the CEO is just dumbfounded after he asked “Does TikTok access the home network?” The CEO was just like “Wtf?”
Yea he was also sweating bullets because they started bringing up other Chinese CEOs and realized he has a very good chance of either being told he’s not allowed to run Tik Tok anymore or just getting killed
@@juststop5768 the man is from Singapore, he himself said it
@@juststop5768 bruh... he is singaporean not chinese. People think singapore is part of china lmao
@@songwriteropgt1196 China does too
@@goddessyamato5238 Yeah, but China says the same thing about a lot of land masses it doesn't actually own, so.
Asking if TikTok connects to Wi-Fi is like asking if water connects to the ground when it rains.
Nah asking if water can connect to a glass.
No, he built up to asking if TikTok accesses other devices on the same WiFi network. How the fuck could so many people not comprehend the question is mind boggling.
Does a bear shit in the woods?
@@BreakRaven then just ask that question. "Does tiktok connect to the home wifi?" is a stupid ass question
@@BreakRaven thats not what he asked. point blank you can try to fill it in as much as you want but you wont fill shit up
that one guy started off so strong. he seemed genuine, he used terminology that at least made him appear somewhat intelligent, he is clearly a very formal individual in a respectable position.
only to ask if tiktok connects to the fucking wi-fi
“You confirm this, yes?”
“Uh, no this is wrong”
“Yeah you confirmed this”
One of the worst parts was when some guy started saying something like "To all the teenagers who think we're ignorant about technology, we aren't". They really aren't aware at all how little they know.
Representative of Texas and he talked about the China communist party being able in the future to get data from tiktok since they own the parent company. Brought up how there is already leaked data from america to China then brought up that quote referring to the protection of children’s user data. How america could potentially lose internally due to data targeting. Although he also didn’t let the ceo speak 😂 and cut him off most times when he was trying to. He also kept inferring the tik tok ceo was Chinese 😅 I think at one point he or someone mentioned why is it called project texas when the company the ceo was working with was based in texas LMFAO
That's funny. We say the exact thing about teenagers and people in their 20s.😂😂😂
@@slyguythreeonetwonine3172 Fortunately you won't be alive in 20 years.
What he was trying to imply is that they will use their data to promote the whole CCP narrative. Misleading everyone into de-vilify the communist party. And it's been working. A lot of young Americans are unaware of the evil regime. There's a huge divide going on in your country because of that. Soon I won't even be able to use UA-cam here in Hong Kong to comment this..
If you know just a little about a topic you are confident about it because you still don't know how much you ignore
It's crazy to me how sure of herself this woman is. She is 100% certain she knows what she is doing.
It's people like that that make me question how the country even functions lol
@@MinecraftGod69420 it doesn't function lol
@@MinecraftGod69420 It doesn't. We're literally teetering on the edge of a civil war and an absolute economic collapse. You know some lawmakers are proposing to bring back lynching? Lynching, like hanging people from tree lynching. And when you consider all the SHIT lawmakers have been passing lately with absolutely no public voting, it'll probably fucking happen!
@@lance5445 lol fair point sir
bake it till you make it
What's even worse is that this could have had massive implications for the way user data and privacy policies are handled.
Check out the RESTRICT Act the senate has put in the works, basically confirms that
Her just talking over him and basically answering her own questions on his behalf makes me want to throw my phone across the room. Not only is it downright rude and annoying but it’s so unprofessional.
The hearing wasn't to question TikTok, it was for the people in congress to reaffirm to themselves that they think they know what they are talking about.
YES. Yes
@Logan Floor shut up
lol you think tiktok is good. lmaooooooooooooo
@@blueshkylol, you're reading too much into it. lmaoooooo
@Logan Floor bot
Dude, the level of smugness I saw from her was hilarious
It's like asking a toddler if they can count from 1 to 10, then they skip every odd number and still end up looking at you with triumph
The difference is that’s just adorable and probably ends up in some wholesome meme comp from 2010.
@@friendist9323 True, this woman's probably just gonna end up in a "Home for the Senile" commercial
yal are all wrong, charlie completely botched his entire explaination of this event. she brought up a 400 view tiktok post because that post was calling for this specific congress to be murdered, only tiktok and congress even knew about the meetup, tiktok/ccp made the tiktok to try and get americans to murder congress. the reason people keep cutting off the ceo is because they only have 5 minutes each and need to spend their time perfectly.
@@goldgamer6796 There is a reason senile and senator use the same word root (sen).
@@goldgamer6796 I'm beggin'
My problem with this whole thing is how there is litterally people dying to school shootings and instead of spending time on working/fixing that the government is busy dealing with unimportant cases like this. It is honestly sad to me.
A good deal of your politicians having a spyware app on their phone that feeds directly to China is a kind of a big deal, actually. Especially if they handle sensitive information.
Money first i guess.
@@matmat9644 this country is so dumb man, it sucks that people my age and around it have to deal with the worrying thought of having a shooter in the building
How would they fix that? They can’t predict people’s thoughts.
@@OncelerKidsAreCringe I’m just saying it would be more important to focus on serious topics rather than TikTok, especially when people who have no clue what the case is about are representing it
Im just super proud of charlie. He stuck to his word about putting more effort into his reaction videos. He keeps us up to date on news but instead of just sitting and watching the video with his viewers he constructs a concise intro to explain the video contents, then splices his thoughts throughout.
“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain
"Yeah but without the grease, all you can taste is the hog anus."
-Homer Simpson
"My balls itch."
- Me
Yes
Yes
Then are you really above the idiot in the first place? I mean if you are smarter but let the dumb one get more experienced what are you doing up there in the first place? Step back down where you belong. Underneath the idiot.
I can’t get over the fact that she asks him a question but then interrupts him before he can answer and just keeps saying “yes. yes. yes. yes or no.”
@@Instabruh.User.. not tru
That's all house hearings in general. The house has been pathetic for decades.
@@bobhanson1037 All of US politics have been a sham, man.
it's sooo triggering
The way she did it reminded me of that Judge Judy show
Can we get a movie about this hearing where they copy word for word the questions asked but have Ryan Reynolds playing the CEO and just answering as sarcastically as possible lol
FR
Her continually saying yes is pretty much her thinking she won an argument because she didn't let him talk. "my question was so good, look at him. Flabbergasted with no response after I only gave him .04 seconds time. I'm so good at this."
They have a set limited time for their questions, so they try to get in as much as possible so that they can clip it and use it for campaigning back home
(and they know from previous hearings of this kind - that if they actually let the guy answer, it would end up taking up most of their allotted time slot)
most of em are just cynical opportunists trying to advance their domestic political careers
@@benaffleckisanokayactor Holy shit that was on the nose. 👏
"R-Florida" tells you everything you need to know
In June 2022, reports emerged that ByteDance employees in China could access US data and repeatedly accessed the private information of TikTok users
@@jtjoemamma don’t forget the weirdly cropped “don’t tread on me” snake on the iPad case. It’s driving me nuts the whole case isn’t yellow, and why it’s on there like that.
I’m genuinely convinced these people just like hearing themselves talk sometimes
these bots need to realize that just because they say they’re not a bot doesn’t mean people won’t know they’re bots
@@bonus8386 😭😭😭and then their next comment said "not a bot or lie" NO RIZZ
Yes
@@Instabruh.User.. no you’re not
Duh, they are politicians.
The terrifying reality is that the bill intended to ban TikTok can change the internet as we know it. If Bill s.686 (The Restrict Act) passes, it will grant officials the control of any form of technology that has access to the internet, along with your privacy. This is a very important topic to look into because the TikTok Congressional Ban could bring many other terrifying changes to the internet.
Yes, this should be stopped. If this is true, it’s an obvious path of light that shows the inevitability of corruption, I’m scared America will become like Nazi Germany.
more good changes
Always post the full information. It goes specifically to technologies and software from certain adversaries of the US (Iran,China,Russia,North Korea,Etc.) Not domestic products or services.
Plenty of VPNs and illegal pirate apps exist, I use them all the time, I highly doubt the government can even control the internet even if they tried. Not even the owners of the social media apps can control it.
@JK-tx5em if by good changes you mean the complete erosion of american freedom of speech and freedom of press.
I mean
Judging from her laptop sticker, this level of intelligence is to be expected
Yeah I could’ve seen that coming
one of the scariest things is that a lot of people gained trust in tiktok because of this as if they were worthy of trust solely due to incompetent politicians
It's like watching Eclipsa trial in Svtfoe.
I think it's time we should start to tackle this our own way because at this point, we can't just let the government do it
It should make us even more afraid that politicians dont have any idea how it works
Not understanding tech doesn't mean there are risk with such a big social media company being based out of China, especially when it comes to US and China geopolitics
The fact that this comment doesn't have more likes scares me. Then again, I'm sure people who watch this guy's channel are a bunch of TikTokers themselves lol
I bet she felt like she was making a great point each time she says yes
yes
She's a fat Karen, what do you expect?🤷♂
Yes
Yes
DUDE THEY ARE SO TECHNOLOGICALLY ILLITERATE
they dont let him speak because last time they did a trial for idiotic bans was with heavy metal and dee snider, he made nothing but perfect sense and all they could do was put the parental advisory on CD's and stuff
My favorite part was when they asked “Mr. Chew, does tiktok support genocide?” And he replied “why yes, yes it does” and proceeded to morb out of the room
priceless ~😎
..and the clocking is tiktoking
@@RawOlympia Ba-dum tss!
It did literally try to cover up genocide
same Tho same
when charlie said "she just kept interupting Yes, yes,yes" i fully thought he was exaggerating but IT WAS EVEN WORSE.
@Logan Floor trash content
Charlie advocates for TikTok, what a braindead take.
@Logan Floor cover your ass tonight🗿
Yes? Yes? Yes. Yes
Agreed; after all, it’s a congressional hearing trial, so every motion is like one in a court hearing. I never see countless comments or even UA-cam videos start spoofing lawyers for asking if OJ Simpson was an American football player! 😂
Her smile at 5:43 is going to haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life.
😂😂💀
“does TikTok access the home wifi network?”
god help us all
The GOP in a nutshell
Imagine if they brought in a tech specialist to clarify questions and answers
That would be a little too reasonable for congress....
@@Instabruh.User.. the (not a bot) at the end has convinced me that you arent a bot
Bruh, they do that and all they gonna do is "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes" and talk over them
nope, the 90iq hambeast will do a better job
@@The-Ent1ty They successfully got the guy to lie on record to Congress. TikTok needs to be banned.
You'd think people in such important positions would be more than able to ask questions in a clear and concise manner
Or even has some connections and do some research about stuff
Or know what the fuck the internet is. "Does it connect to wifi" is potentially the most reduntant question to ask about a social media platform
most people dont know what they are doing at government positions.
they need to go back to school And re learn All bout Technology.Dude even 5 years old Know What Wifi and How it work.When i'm seeing this clip i was like This old fart must be joking.
People at power are just faces
I’ve seen multiple congress “debates” and this is all it is, people ask questions and then expect just a yes or no answer even though most of the questions require much more than yes or no
Being in IT and a fellow Floridian, this shit is hilarious to me. Great video Charlie, you nailed it!
I Googled her to see what people were saying about her responses and I found her personal government website which funny enough is labeled by Google as a non-fully secured website that attackers can get access to. She's so concerned about security she didn't even secure her own website
OMG LMAO
Sounds like she is a hypocrite that needs a reality check.
🤡🤡
Hilarious
Lmfaooo
I love that out of all the things in the world this is the trial that is so able to file a mistrial it HURTS
recently it became even more goofy as tom cotton just could not understand that the tiktok CEO is SINGAPOREAN, i swear he doesn't know what Singapore is
The biggest issue here is. There are legitimate concerns to address when it comes to tiktok and how it's managed. Just none of them bothered looking into any of them
Honestly, they asked good questions relevant to the subject. I don't understand why people seem to be mad at the congress people.
@@minafrota6124 ur spamming bot
Because those issues are beneficial to them. That's why.
Because none of them are smart enough to bother looking into any of them.
my farts are better than Dream's farts!!
1:25 Funnily enough, the Tiktok CEO himself even made the point that no government official should have any social media apps installed on their phones.
He's totally right. Why are these government issued phones not locked down from top to bottom?
@@logan_Floorno
@Logan Floor sthu bot
Tiktok gets automatically downloaded to devices
@@matrixplaysX
It does? this is news to me, where’s can I find this story?
Sadly I just found out about this whole trial , and I'm seriously embarrassed to everyone that was there .
About that hearing, that's standard for a congressional hearing because theres a disconnect between the witness and the representative. The representative is VERY crunched for time and wants very short succinct answers in the form of a yes or a no but the witness more often than not wants to delve into the nuance and "save face" by offering an explanation. In court, any court, congressional or otherwise, everyone making the inquiries do not want any more information than what they prompt you for. Offering more information than what was asked is simply not acceptable in a hearing format because its highly probable the witness will try to confuse you with detail. Basically, the more opportunity you have to speak, the more opportunity you have to lie - or incriminate yourself.
Government officials that have a “don’t tread on me” logo always cracks me up. Like bro, you ARE the boot that’s treading on me
Same shit with law enforcement/MAGA using the Punisher logo.
The "Age of consent is too high" sticker
They make up bigger scarier people to justify the impulse to wear "don't tread on me"
@@Randomperson462 I hate those people lol. Sure is easy to feel like a badass when you cover yourself in scary stickers even when there's nobody who cares
the anti-authoritarian authoritarian party: "don't tell me what to do but i'll do everything in my power to make you do what i want you to do"
Whoever said there are no stupid questions, must never have listened to these congress people. These are the types of questions people with smooth brains and blank minds ask.
there are no stupid questions though, only stupid people
Honestly, they asked good questions relevant to the subject. I don't understand why people seem to be mad at the congress people.
@@minafrota6124 You must be from an alternate dimension if you think those questions were good and on topic
My farts are better than Dream's farts!!!
@@frankiemorga2873 that's a spammer/troll i believe
I’ve never wanted to slap someone so much in my life😭 that woman is hell
That woman is the embodiment of "If I speak loud enough/talk over others I'll look smart and will be seems in the right" 💀
It’s actually insane how good they are making this man look. I full heartedly can not understand how that lady ever got to the position she was in, when she talks like that in court. She’s acting like she’s on to something and the fact he’s not responding in yes or no seems to fuel her need to cut him off. Also there’s this dude in the background that look’s asleep.
Florida Republican. Need I say more?
It's pretty easy. Sell out your beliefs and be lucky. If it took hard work the people there would actually care. No one cares about the actual person it's who they will vote for to be majority leader. You can have the best representative ever but if they vote for the other party you disagree with you're better off voting against them. Why? Who controls the house and senate is picked by a handful if that of seats ie the senate being barely in democrats control. If they lose I think 1- 3 Republicans control it and comes huge change similar with the house but a few more seats. Sad but that's the state of our congress and won't get better since no one will give up power.
@@Taima oml. I'm not surprised as a fellow Floridian. So many numbnuts down here
They're 100% in on it dude. TikTok probably just gave these fellas a few bucks, and just asked to amp up the retardation.
@Novantico bro, the rest of the world sees no differences lol.
You're all American to us.
whats interesting is that there was another congress woman who asked genuine questions about racism in tiktoks algorithm and the ceo was really listening and taking notes so he could properly answer them. imagine how much more productive this could've been if the others actually understood what they were talking about. or if they at least knew the difference between china and singapore
Yeah and that’s really important considering chinas well known racist culture (such as the affects on both black panther and the new Star Wars movies)
@Don't Read My Profile Picture Yessir! As you ask.
"If they at least knew the difference between china and singapore" I personally never take something like that seriously, because we also can't tell the difference between every nationality in Europe too. I'm pretty sure majority of Asians don't even know the difference between British and English, so I don't think it's fair to expect otherwise from them.
@hamoIQ black panther was a bad movie tho ngl that's understandable but the new Stat wars weren't too bad they really couldn't of done too much else with the story tbh
@@lainelowe603 i had to read his name because i was reading your answer 😔
I love how she’s trying to make the CEO look like an idiot when in reality she’s doing it to herself.
The funniest part is how network news had to completely lie and doctor footage to even come close to spinning this as "Tiktok CEO dodges questions"
1:50 - they’re actually there to stop copyright but people started to get accustomed to a 2nd video playing underneath it. Some people on tiktok openly make fun of it but also openly admit they can’t really watch story videos or clips without that 2nd video.
I've never been more embarrassed to be an American than I was during that TikTok hearing. I had second hand embarrassment, first hand embarrassment, post embarrassment, pre embarrassment, I don't know if the embarrassment will ever go away. I've never been so embarrassed in my life about anything.
I agree. The only thing I felt when I saw this was wave after wave of embarrassment.
missed the facebook hearing I guess then?
I’m pretty sure that why I flinched in my mom’s stomach as an embryo. Pre birth embarrassment.
@@TSMSnation This was way worse to be honest. 😂
Classic fucking American...Never? All the other shit, was fine...but THIS one takes the cake?
The congressmen learning about wifi was something
*I’M BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0*
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idiots elected him to begin with
Three bots in a row
"Congressman, you have the floor"
"Okay Mr. Tiktok guy, explain to me why I only get thirst traps, and femboys on my for you page."
"Sir, that's just your algorithm..."
"Enough of this Chinese nonsense!"
the ceo is playing chess and the congresspeople are still reading the shoots and ladders instructions
it's absolutely terrifying that congress managed to make the TikTok CEO look like the adult in the room
my farts are better than Charlie's farts.
@YeaMan Yes you are.
They barely let him speak. Regardless on the thoughts on TikTok, I feel as though it was disrespectful and unfair as both sides should fairly share their perspectives.
Welcome to 2023
TikTok should be banned it supports pedophiles and anyone who uses TikTok is a pedophile
They should just have a "bring your child to work day" and have the kids ask the questions. It'd be less sad
@@Instabruh.User.. Sounds like something a bot would say
@@Instabruh.User.. 🤔🤑
They have young interns that should have told the dinosaurs what to ask.
Kids would be able to ask some serious questions! Kids are fu¢king brutal!
charlie is right about how tiktok is detrimental to the mental health of kids. i remember this one time a girl stitched a video of a girl with "big birthing hips" and said she was literally going to kill herself because some of them can't have those.
wtf lmao
Its not only tik tok where is instagram reels, youtube reels, facebook...etc
SINGAPORE MENTIONED‼‼🔥🔥🔥
If you were to put a laugh track every time someone asks a question, it could pass as a comedy sketch.
It's the type of comedy material that doesn't even need the people laughing to make you laugh
Omg someone please do this
@@Instabruh.User..u are, otherwise you wouldn’t have any reason to say that, and even if you’re being honest(unlikely), your comment adds nothing to anything , it’s pointless, you are pointless
Of course, you won’t reply, you can’t reply, because you’re just an annoying bot. I don’t even know why I’m here writing this comment.
You’re pointless -🔺
@@Instabruh.User.. 🤦♂️
@@oOoMiSSBiRDoOo I second that emotion!
Long beach Griffy has a skit about this and it is so accurate it's almost a 1 for 1 shot of the hearing.
Your intro to this video has made me a subscriber. You perfectly described the feeling I had watching that garbage lolll
Every question they asked can literally apply to any other social media company.
@Andrew Peng the China ones are blatant racism
Facebook uses our data, youtube, amazon, yet the attack the Singaporean guy because hes the "china man"
Not even close. A government that harvests human organs in control of Tik Tok????? Dumb dumb people on the internet.
But china doesn't allow foreign companies without siding with a Chinese company 😂 that's the main issue here. Also, china will cry their asses out if the US bans any Chinese company 🤦♂️, i do agree that she was stupid for not letting him answer the question like damm let him cook
@@MORE_BEANS_PLZDONT forget that all Chinese company's have to comply with the CCP Dictatorship Regime
@@MORE_BEANS_PLZ Also it's hilarious because of the irony, Tik Tok is banned in China.
Congressman: “How does an algorithm? Yes or No?”
Shou: “I believe there may be a misunders-”
Congressman: “IT’S A SIMPLE YES OR NO, WOW, I YIELD MY TIME!”
Charlie slowly realizing congressional hearing A) accomplish nothing, B) are all for show, and C) are a massive waste of taxpayer money
@YeaMan so you react if i tell you to stop self promoting in the worst place
@YeaMan even if thats true, no one likes self-promotion. Find a different outlet you stinky oyster
Congressman: "what is my favorite color, and how does it pineapple? yes or no?"
@@lawrencetalbot8346 And they tell us to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.
„If i breathe, will air enter my lungs?“
Judge: "You murdered him."
Defendant: "Well no I-"
Judge: "Yes."
Defended: "No I'm saying that-"
Judge: "So you've confirmed, yes."
That Congress woman that doesnt let the Tiktok CEO answer is a real Karen.
She rly does lol looks like half the customers i deal with at the bakery i work at. The kind that cry bc a single frosting flower on their childs cake (who doesnt even care rly) is the wrong shade of Pretty Princess Pink or whatever lmao
@@billiamdianthus680you could say she is Manager Karen, let’s just hope the first women president isn’t the Supreme Manager Karen.
@@Instabruh.User.. bad bot
I mean it should be deleted. It contributes nothing to society except waisting peoples time, making them more sedentary and lazy, and shortening their attention spans.
YES.
It’s actually insane how out of touch our government is
They aren't out of touch they prefer to look incompetent before admitting they are negligent in purpose
Honestly, they asked good questions relevant to the subject. I don't understand why people seem to be mad at the congress people.
As a European. It’s Not just your goverment. It feels like it’s a Must for a goverment worker to have a Toast IQ. Bc i Listen to some Podcast with some Ex cia etc and These People Are very Smart and know How to use the Internet but the goverment itself. Holy moly
arghhh ughhhh unga bunga wast a toc tik?
@@onioncartel uugghhhh arrgghh bingo bango TikTok flavored turrrgeyy
It's crazy how nice he is. I'm sure anyone else at the stand would've been livid not being able to talk without being constantly interrupted.
I've learned THOUSANDS of valuable things from tiktok. I've also recieved much more notoriety for my music from it than ANY other platform in 30 years.
I'll fight someone idc. Theres toxic shit on every platform. Acting like that's a reason that it's a bad platform.. where that energy for youtube and twitch?
What’s so frustrating is there are so many legitimate problems with tik tok they could of addressed, but instead they’re worried about a sh!t post
that post barely had any views either
Literally every problem they brought up applies to every other social media platform
Everyone at that hearing had the same attention span as the average TikTok user
They secretly all have tiktok and want it banned because they want their attention spans back but can’t bring themselves to just uninstall it
LMFAO fr
If I were asked a question and you just keep going “YES, yes, yes, YES!” those may just be the last few times you can confidently say that word.
It reminds me of that movie back to the future where they had like 30 screens
The irony on her laptop saying "Don't tread on me" while also trying to ban people from using an app is hilarious 6:38
seriously this woman needs to get laid.
Chinese tik tok promotes stem to kids. American tiktok promotes racial and gender ideologies to children. Propaganda works, and these selective algorithms amplify messages meant to divide us. And it works.
Libertarians are not known for being smart
the "dont tread on me" group consistently paints themselves as the snake when in reality they're the boot
@LadPasta what institutional power do they wield? Because from what I can tell the left controls, the media, colleges, public schools, the fbi/dhs, social media, silicon valley
This reminds me when Mark Zuckerberg had to explain how how the Internet works to the congress, and answering simple questions that they could’ve researched themselves.
Edit: Oh shit Moist already mentioned it but oh well.
I loved the part where they asked if people don’t pay for Facebook how do you make money? And he’s just like we run ads 😊
they coulda prepped with someone who knew shit, got their internets101, asked all their dumb questions, and then created some actual decent ones..... BUT NO.
Yea and the technologically handicapped and fearmongers ran with it. Making clips to infinity about some of the dumbest parts of the entire thing just like they will do with this. Too many people don't understand that the one app they are scared of/hate is accessing the same data being accessed by pretty much all the other apps out there as well.
A large portion of the stupid questions are their to establish a fact and not genuinely asking them, in court you have to establish something before it can be used
I don’t know if it is saw or stated in the video, but in the bill it includes punishment for owning VPNs(20 years)
You know you are an embarrassment when even my grandma, who lives in a third-world country, laughs at the simple question of "Does TikTok use Wi-Fi?'"
Honestly, they asked good questions relevant to the subject. I don't understand why people seem to be mad at the congress people.
@@minafrota6124 Because they really didn't. Half of the questions they asked showed a severe lack of understanding, care, or preparation.
My farts are better than Dream's farts!!!
@@minafrota6124 spam it more bot
@@minafrota6124 You mean the questions they asked and then answered themselves?
That woman is one of those people who believe it is not an answer unless it's what they want to hear no matter how wrong that answer is.
Mothers😅
It’s not that, it’s just an easy way to make even an honest person look guilty. Ask a really weird question that requires a comprehensive answer, then make it seem like the inability to give a straight y/n is an admission of guilt. Really embarrassing that these people run the country
She unironically has a "No steppy snek" sticker on her computer. I think that says all you need to know about her.
@@drunkenhobo8020 TF is a no steppy sneak?
@@donothesitate1198 "Don't tread on me".
If you don't know what that is, it's a flag from the American revolution when they were fighting for independence. But now it's mostly used by government bootlicks (or in this case, someone who wears the boot).
I would love to see the campaign donations from mega to basically all of congress
Here we go again!
That Kat whoever had the nastiest smug little smirk on her face as she ran over him with her own questions and throwing out her own answers on top of his. Absolutely repulsive lmao
She's 35 mind you
@@StevesSammiches wtf she is younger than my mom, and I am 19 years old
They don't actually want the answers. This is just a performance for them to use in ads and campaigning, so they can clip themselves and pretend they're doing something
Yes & no
True
The real political decision is already made behind closed doors. This is just drama
It’s a congressional hearing trial, so every motion is like one in a court hearing. I never see countless comments or even UA-cam videos start spoofing lawyers for asking if OJ Simpson was an American football player! After reading your comment, I concurred, that TikTok is really making teens dumb 🤭
Yeah guys, Putin not sure what he want the Americans to do yet
The sad part is this is pretty much how every single congressional hearing goes. They ask dumb and repetitive question, they are extremely rude and cut off the person trying to answer the questions, and they never get to the bottom of anything.
this is exactly why I hate politics
@@keiytofficial agreed… and there used to be a time where you could escape politics by watching sports or movies but now politics has found it’s way into every facet of life. It keeps people riled up and at each other’s throats. Divide and conquer is their game and unfortunately we fall for it every time.
@@matt909er yeah but i dont want to get into that
@@matt909er man idk how to tell you this but sports and movies have always been political in some way, it's just more obvious now because everybody talks about it so everybody's constantly looking for it
@@matt909er movies have always been political lmao. I mean go back 45 years to Star Wars, our PRESIDENT named a whole plan after it and the movies were a direct reference to the Nazis and authoritarianism which was not long ago at that point.
Go back to even the sitcoms of the 50’s and 60’s, plenty of controversies with race and political themes. Many of the people like Betty white were famous for political controversy in their works
we need a complete overhaul of our congress
them not letting him speak after asking questions just to most likely get their way is basically me arguing with my friend
“Does TikTok use WiFi?”
“No, this is Patrick!”
Haha
The immortal meme
Honestly, they asked good questions relevant to the subject. I don't understand why people seem to be mad at the congress people.
My favorite part of the hearing is when the Señior Senator asked "Mr. Tiktok, if I delete the cookies on my computer, will my computer get hungry?"
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What part of your single sentence comment had to be edited?
@@jsonjsoff check the first reply
@@jsonjsoff spelling error maybe?
Did you want to say "señor" which is Spanish for "sir" or "mister" or did you mean "Senior" as in eldest or having a higher position?
You said the real point. To shake our confidence in elected officials and out system
Mad props for being informed on the issue being about the CCP and espionage
They are probably giving themselves a pat on the back after finishing this entire thing, "good job Rob! We showed him"
@Logan Floor you're kinda sad for spamming this like a leech mate
The bigger issue at hand is that Tiktok does everything US based social platforms do. So to take TikTok to task, you would need to also take Twt, FB, even Google to task. And they won't do it
The only difference is, only TikTok is directly owned by an authoritarian Communist government. Context matters.
Exactly. They need to either hold it all accountable, or let TikTok slide if they’re going to ignore the other platforms. It’s irritating when people aren’t consistent and always make stupid exceptions.
Yup this is comment I was looking for. Much more deeper sinister issues at hand, Tiktok is just a drop in the ocean of it all but we need to start somewhere.
yes it does.
but those other ones are not directly sending your info to China.
Americans love funnelling all their wealth to their precious billionaires and corporations too much for that
The short clip you showed of the woman asking questions and saying “yes, yes, yes” made me cringe so hard I folded into myself and screamed
Congress: "Are you able to break into my car?"
CEO: "Well, sure... But so is everyone el..."
Congress: "Ah-ah-ah, that'll be all mr car jacker"
Asking if tiktok accesses wifi is the dumbest thing ever. These government officials are too old and out of touch to be in positions of power anymore.
Not even old, just willingly ignorant. Why would they educate themselves on anything. (Because that requires real work lol) It’s the US government they get paid millions to be toddlers and sit in their high chairs and spit up on their gold bibs.
The honest answer that they don't want to accept
What's sad is that they're not even that old. The lady in this video is 35, born in 1988, she's a Millennial. They're just career politicians with no real-world experience pushing an agenda.
I'm tired of this as the big example everyone points too. It's not even result of his age or lack of technology awareness. (I do admit many and maybe even him, are too out of touch) He was asking questions like a lawyer, laying a foundation, get him to say the obvious things to get to the real question. I wish he included the full clip. Does tik tok use wifi? Yes. And are there usually other devices that also use WiFi on one network? Yes. Can and does tik tok access information about or from those other devices. It's laying it out for people who may not understand how WiFi works.
He called his assistant on his MOTOROLA flip phone and asked her to make dinner reservations😅