American social companies don't have a good track record with data privacy and
user security.
I mean, look at Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
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Videos like that featuring the CEO of TikTok are flooding the social
media platform following his hearing before congressional lawmakers.
Now, this was a hearing to determine whether or
not banning TikTok from the United States makes sense.
Of course, young people in America,
particularly those who are enamored with TikTok, are not fans of that idea.
But as he was testifying before members of Congress,
some of those TikTok users are like, maybe, maybe.
>> [LAUGH] Okay, not about the ban, obviously about this.
Speaking of which -. >> About him, his name is Shou Zi Chew,
that's the name of the CEO.
>> Okay, so look guys, this is a fun story.
But I wanna tell you the idea of banning TikTok is a very serious and
we now have a petition on it and we wanted to go wild on TikTok.
We wanna get at least 100,000 signatures and let people in Congress know
#HANDSOFFTIKTOK, get your stupid hands off TikTok, it's a wildly unconstitutional.
That's the link, it's also in the description box or
I'll talk more about it at the end of the story, but make sure you click on it.
But back to the fun stuff.
Now, it's worth talking about some of the ridiculous
questions that were asked of the TikTok CEO during the hearing.
It got a lot of attention, and that's what kind of led to some of the TikTok users
really thinking about whether or not they find him attractive.
Apparently, some people are really crushing on him.
We'll get to that fun component in just a second.
But first, the circus that was that congressional hearing with the TikTok CEO,
let's watch.
>> TikTok access the home Wi-Fi network.
>> Has ByteDance spied on American citizens.
>> I don't think that spying is the right way to describe it.
The only face data that you will get that we collect is when you use the filters to
have sunglasses on your face, we need to know where your eyes are.
>> Why do you need to know what the eyes are if you're not seeing if they're
dilated?
>> American data stored on American soil by an American company overseen
by American personnel.
We call this initiative project Texas.
>> Please rename your project, Texas is not the appropriate name.
We stand for freedom and transparency, and we don't want your project.
>> You damn well know that you cannot protect the data and security of this
committee or the 150 million users of your app because it is an extension of the CCP.
>> From the data it collects to the content it controls,
TikTok is a grave threat of foreign influence in American life.
>> I mean, wow.
There are a lot to unpack there, but I just wanted to quickly
mention the inability for TikTok to protect data of its users.
Look, I don't trust any platform, any website,
any online service to protect your debt data, you shouldn't either.
I mean, Silicon Valley Bank was notified by the Federal Reserve
overseers that they weren't doing enough to protect the personal
data of their clients, of their customers, of their depositors.
And they did nothing about it, and it didn't matter,
no one held them accountable for that.
Yeah, all of our data is super vulnerable to hackers, to people who are trying to
steal our information and sell it in the black market.
It's just so weird to be hyper focused on TikTok when this is a widespread issue.
>> Twitter's having massive issues right now with that because they're down
to three employees and they keep getting hacked every other day, giant, enormous.
But the owner of Twitter is a right-winger, so
no hearings about Twitter, right?
And so I'm surprised that the young people didn't find those legislators hot with
all their idiocy, right?
Like, Twitter, get your name off the Texas, okay, for freedom.
And he's like, no dude, I'm trying to use an American company on
American soil to oversee, so it doesn't go to China and I want it.
Are you listening?
>> Please don't name it Texas.
>> Okay, Jesus.
>> We stand for freedom.
>> And the one of the last leg, it's a grave threat.
Yeah, it's a great threat to their careers because almost all of
those users are young progressives, and both Republicans and
corporate Democrats don't like that at all.
So that's why we're doing the petition.
#HandsoffTikTok, make sure you sign the petition, we wanna get them,
because they're gonna be shocked.
They're like, I thought everybody hated TikTok.
No, there's 150 million people on it, of course, they don't hate it.
And by the way, there's not nearly five million businesses based off of TikTok.
These guys who claim to care about business, all of a sudden when voters
might not be going in their direction, all of a sudden don't care about business.
It's all political, guys.
That's why you gotta do the petition and kick their ass on this.
>> So we have another video, I mean, it's talk over it and
kind of explain what's going on.
So the clip you're about to watch is one of the most
shared clips on TikTok with over 1.3 million views.
Tiktoker took several screenshots of the CEO from the hearing,
set to pop to a popular song OMG from K-pop group, New Jeans.
So that's fun.
Obviously, we don't have the rights to that song, so we're not playing it.
But nonetheless, clearly, this is an ongoing trend at TikTok.
So one person, a TikTok user, commented y'all for real simp for
the CEO of TikTok and I have some comments to prove it.
So here are some examples.
One TikTok user says this is the second edit of CEO I've
seen in the last five minutes, I pray there's more.
Well, TikToker are lusting for a bite of Chew.
[LAUGH] That was a good line.
That was a good line.
They're also mocking Congress for being so out of touch.
So there needs to be an age limit in Congress,
One caption by user Rachel Hannah said about a clip of us
representative Buddy Carter asking Chew whether the app tracks
pupil dilation as a form of facial recognition to drive algorithms.
One, it needs to see your eyes, you heard it -.
>> I did, I did, it was great.
In another clip, Representative Richard Hudson from
North Carolina questioned Chew on how Wi-Fi connectivity works.
So here was the question.
So if I have a TikTok app on my phone and my phone is on my home Wi-Fi network,
does TikTok have access to that network?
>> I guarantee you watch his porn and he's worried about it.
Guaranteed, he doesn't know how technology works.
>> That's hilarious, and you're probably right.
>> Yeah.
>> You're probably right. But one person mocking that question says,
does TikTok access my battery to steal my electricity?
One user said, Mocking Hudson.
Now, only 39% of those under 30 support a ban on TikTok,
according to a recent CBS Marist Poll.
And so to your point, jink, this would impact them politically because
of where young people stand on this particular issue.
>> Okay, so look, first of all, on the serious stuff, number one, it's deeply
unconstitutional to take away the freedom of speech of 150 million Americans.
Number two, we want to talk about cancel culture.
They're trying to cancel 150 million people and their point of view and
all of their videos and their voices.
This is the biggest case of cancel culture you'll ever see.
Do not stand for it, fight back, they're expecting you to be tame and
timid like Democrats in DC.
Don't listen to the hype, okay?
And by the way, just quick grievance is here,
the Republicans started saying the Chinese Communist Party, right?
All my whole life, they've been saying China,
all of a sudden they switched it to Chinese Communist Party.
Now Democrats are saying, and
every article is saying it as if they've been saying it all along.
>> Can we just address how ridiculous it is when the whole reason why America
has become increasingly hawkish toward China is because China is
beating us economically because of their capitalist practices?
100%, so don't believe any of this garbage that the legislators are putting out
there, fight for your rights.
By the way, the right wing when it's the Second Amendment,
they fight tooth and nail, they fight like their life is dependent on it.
Well, your livelihood is dependent on it and
a lot of things are dependent on TikTok surviving.
So fight like hell or your constitutional rights.
The link is in the description box, make sure you sign the petition and
get the word out there.
And the TikTok users are right to warn legislators about you, and
they're saying it's a trap, a thirst trap.
[LAUGH] >> [LAUGH] Jink, look at you.