The minds of the US congressmen who grilled him appeared mostly made up from the start. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – Hands folded on his lap and a black tumbler with a TikTok logo in front of him, TikTok chief executive Chew Shou Zi was a picture of calm facing a sea of photojournalists snapping his picture in the 10 minutes before the start of Thursday’sBut as impassive as he was under fire, Mr Chew - whom the Washington Post described as “soft-spoken, earnest and temperate” during a heated hearing that lasted five hours - could not convince the congressmen that the social media app did not...
“We do not trust TikTok will ever embrace American values,” said committee chairman Cathy Rodgers in her opening statement, which she read out before posing questions to Mr Chew. “TikTok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. Your platform should be banned.”Mr Frank Pallone Jr, the committee’s top Democrat, was dismissive of Mr Chew’s characterisation of TikTok as performing a public service.
Republican Gus Bilirakis of Florida, who grilled Mr Chew on his content moderation policies, aired several TikTok videos that encouraged suicide, adding that such videos drove Long Island teen Chase Nasca to take his own life in 2022. Said the lawmaker: “His ‘For You’ page was sadly a window to discover suicide. It’s unacceptable, sir!”
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