HAVE A GREAT SHOW. >> I AM LAURA INGRAHAM.
>> I AM LAURA INGRAHAM.
THIS IS "THE ANGLE TONIGHT. THE
TIKTOK PARTY.
MR. CHINA CAME TO WASHINGTON
TODAY AND IT WAS QUITE
SPECTACLE.
>> WE HAVE HEARD IMPORTANT
CONCERNS OF UNWANTED FOREIGN
ACCESS U.S. DATA AND POTENTIAL
MANIPULATION OF THE TIKTOK U.S.
SYSTEM.
OUR APPROACH HAVE NEVER BEEN
DISMISSED OF ANY OF THESE
CONCERNS.
>> CAN YOU DO SURVEILLANCE OF
OTHER AMERICANS?
>> WE’LL PROTECT THE U.S. USER
DATA AND FIRE IT OFF OF FOREIGN
ACCESS IS THE COMMITMENT WE GIVE
TO THE COMMITTEE.
>> I WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT
NEITHER TIKTOK EMPLOYEES CAN
TARGET AMERICANS WITH SIMILAR
TECHNIQUES AS YOU DID WITH THE
JOURNALISTS.
>> I DON’T AGREE WITH THE
CHARACTERIZATION.
THAT’S A COMMITMENT THAT WE’LL
NOT BE INFLUENCED WITH ANY
GOVERNMENT.
>> THE DOJ IS INVESTIGATING THIS
SURVEILLANCE RIGHT NOW.
A BAN IS A SHORT WAY TO ADDRESS
TIKTOK.
THE DATA PRIVACY IS THE ONLY WAY
FROM STOPPING TIKTOK FROM
HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> YOUR PARENT COMPANY CAN
ACCESS USER’S DATA, YES?
>> WE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC.
>> YES?
I AM NOT ASKING AFTER PROJECT.
I AM ASKING NOW, YES?
>> SOME USER DATA IS PUBLIC,
CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> WHAT’S INTERESTING TO ME IS
YOU HAVE USED THE WORD
TRANSPARENCY OVER HALF A DOZEN
TIMES.
THE INTERESTING THING IS PARENT
COMPANY HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR
WAY TO HIDE AN AIR BRUSH,
CORPORATE STRUCTURE TIES TO THE
CCP.
>> THAT WAS WILD.
NOW, IT WAS BACK IN JULY OF
2020.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
THIS BUT I PRESSED THE FORMER
CIA DIRECTOR AND TRUMP’S
SECRETARY OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO
ON THE THREAT POSED BY TIKTOK.
>> SHOULD WE BE CONSIDERING
RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT A BAN ON
CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA APPS
ESPECIALLY TIKTOK?
>> I DON’T WANT TO GET IN FRONT
OF THE PRESIDENT BUT IT IS
SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING AT.
>> WOULD YOU RECOMMEND PEOPLE
DOWNLOADING ON YOUR PHONE
TONIGHT OR TOMORROW?
>> ONLY IF YOU WANT YOUR
INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT PARTY.
>> ONE MONTH AFTER THAT
INTERVIEW AIRED, PRESIDENT TRUMP
SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT
WOULD HAVE BANNED TIKTOK IN THE
UNITED STATES.
IN JUNE OF 2021, BIDEN REVERSED
THE BAN.
SINCE THE INTEL OF ASSESSMENT OF
TIKTOK, IT HAD ONLY GOT WORSE.
>> THAT’S A LOADED GUN.
>> WHY HAD BIDEN REVERSE COURSE?
FIRST BECAUSE CHINA OWNS BIDEN.
BIDEN’S RECORD, HIS FAMILY IS
MAKING BIG MONEY THERE.
BIDEN’S TEAM IS DOING EVERYTHING
ININ HIS POWER TO SUCK UP TO CH
DAILY.
SO, WHY WOULD BIDEN RISK
OFFENDING HIS BENEFACTOR OVER
SOME STUPID APP?
CHINA’S ARMY OF HIGH-PAYING
LOBBYIST AND CONSULTANTS, AND
FORMER CONGRESSMEN, THEY’RE
CRAWLING CAPITOL HILL FLEXING
THEIR MUSCLES AND MAKING THEIR
CASE.
THESE PEOPLE WERE WHAT TRUMP
REFERRING TO WHEN HE SAID
DRAINING THE SWAMP.
THEY’RE FINE SELLING OUT THE
COUNTRY AS LONG AS THAT MONTHLY
CHECKS DOES NOT BOUNCED AND
THERE IS THAT SENIOR STAFF
AT TIKTOK ITSELF.
>> DO YOU AGREE THAT THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT HAS PERSECUTED THE
UIGHUR POPULATION?
>> IF YOU USE THE APP -
>> THAT’S NOT MY QUESTION.
>> IT IS CONCERNING TO HEAR
ABOUT ALL THE HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSE.
>> I THINK YOU ARE BEING
INVASIVE.
IT IS A PRETTY EASY QUESTION.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN, I AM HERE TO
DESCRIBE TIKTOK AND WHAT WE DO
AS A PLATFORM.
>> AND TIKTOK HAD A PUBLIC
POLICY.
YOU SAW HIM SITTING BEHIND MR.
CHEW TODAY IN THE HEARING WITH A
SMUG LOOK ON HIS FACE.
HERE HE WAS THREE MONTHS AGO ON
CNN.
>> DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS THESE
UIGHURS INFORMATION --
>> YOU CAN FIND ALL THESE
CONTENTS ON TIKTOK.
WHY DON’T YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT?
>> I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN CHINA.
>> HOW IS BECKERMAN DIFFERENT
FROM ANY MEMBERS O F THE SENIOR PARTY AT THIS POINT?
PARTY AT THIS POINT?
AS LONG AS LONGAS LONG LONG TIKT
THE CCP HAS BACKUP ON
INFORMATION.
>>P >>R>>P>> ENGINEERS CURRE
ACCESS OF U.S. DATA.
>> THIS IS A COMPLEX TOPIC.
>> IT IS NOT COMPLEX, YES OR NO,
DO THEY HAVE ACCESS FOR USER
DATA?
>> THE ANSWER IS NO.
>> TODAY THERE IS SOME DATA --
>> YES, WE HEARD FROM THE
RANKING MEMBER AND HE DOES NOT
SEE THAT PROJECT TEXAS IS GOING
TO BE USEFUL.
>> WELL, THIS IS LUDICROUS.
AT THINK TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT,
NOW AND A YEAR FROM NOW,
PRESIDENT XI OR ANY CCP
OFFICIALS CAN DEMAND USER DATA,
AND HE’LL BE GIVEN USER DATA.
IN FACT, EVEN CHEW COULD NOT
DENY TOP STAFF ARE IN FACT
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
>> LOGIC WOULD TELL US THERE ARE
FAIR NUMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES OF
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AT
LEAST A DOZEN OR SO WHO HAVE
ACCESS TO THIS DATA.
IS THAT SO?
>> AGAIN, LIKE I SAID -- I CAN
ASK ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.
WE DON’T HAVE A POLICY.
>> SO SLEAZY.
EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW CHINA WAS STEALING USERS’ DATA, WE ALLOWED
STEALING USERS’ DATA, WE ALLOWED
TIKTOK REACH TO MESTASTICISED.
THIS BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY DID
WE EVEN NEED A CONGRESSIONAL
HEARING AT THIS POINT NO MATTER
WHAT CHEW SAYS ABOUT CORPORATE
FIREWALL AND TRANSPARENCY.
HE ULTIMATELY ANSWERS TO THE
CCP.
HE SLIPS OFF AND HE KNOWS JUST
LIKE OTHER CEOS HE COULD BE
DISAPPEARED OVER NIGHT.
>> IN PRINCIPLES, WE WANT TO
PROVIDE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR
USERS IN GENERAL.
WE PUT IN MORE RESTRICTIONS TO
MAKE SURE OUR TEENAGERS GET
BETTER EXPERIENCE.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE USING
OUR PLATFORM USING IT FOR A
POSITIVITY EXPERIENCE.
>> YEAH, THE UIGHURS ARE HAVING
A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
WHEN WE DIDN’T WANT TO ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS --
>> WOULD YOU COMMIT TO NOT
SELLING YOUR DATA TO ANYONE?
>> I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THE
SPECIFICS.
I DON’T HAVE THE SPECIFICS.
CONGRESSMAN, I NEED TO CHECK ON
THESE SPECIFICS.
I NEED TO LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS
OF THE REPORT, CONGRESSMAN AND I
CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I WANT TO BE PRECISE AND I WILL
GET BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL DAY LONG.
MR. CHEW LABORED TO REASSURE THE
COMMITTEE THAT TIKTOK IS WORKING
HARD ON THEIR NEW CORPORATE PLAN
TO COURT OFF THE OPERATION FROM
PRYING ON.
>> WE HAVE DESIGN PROJECT TEXAS
TO PROTECT USERS’ INTERESTS AND
MOVING FOR WARD HERE IN TUST.
THE PROTECTION IS STORING
AMERICAN DATA ON AMERICAN SOILS
AND LOOKED OUT BY AMERICAN
PERSONNEL.
>> NOW, LET’S SCRAMBLE THIS DAY
OFF AND ALL OUT.
TIKTOK PROPOSED A $1.5 BILLION
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION, KEPT ON
REFERRING IT TO PROJECT TEXAS.
VERY CLEVER AND INSISTING ALL
DATA WOULD BE STORED IN THE
TUST.
AS HE SAID THOSE SERVERS WOULD
BE RUN AT AMERICANS AT ORACLE.
AFTER STUDYING THAT PROPOSAL,
THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
INVESTMENT SAID, THAT PROPOSAL
FAILED TO ADDRESS THE DATA
VULNERABILITY ISSUE.
ONLY GETTING THE COMPANY OUT OF
CHINESE HANDS WOULD ADDRESS THAT
PROBLEM.
>> ANY ORGANIZATIONS OR CITIZENS
SHALL SUPPORT OR COOPERATE AND
ALSO TIKTOK EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE
IN CHINA MUST COOPERATE WITH
CHINESE INTELLIGENCE WHEN THEY
ARE CALLED UPON.
>> FIRST, CONGRESSMAN, I AM --
>> THERE ARE EMPLOYEES OF YOURS
AND THEY ARE IN CHINA.
>> WE BUILT SOMETHING WHERE WE
TAKE THAT DATA OUT OF REACH.
>> EVEN DEMOCRATS DIDN’T SEEM TO
BE BUYING IT TODAY.
>> MR. CHEW IS CREEPY AND NOT
CREDIBLE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT THE BEIJING
COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT WAS STILL
CONTROLLED AND HAVE THE ABILITY
TO INFLUENCE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
YOU ARE TRYING TO GIVE THE
IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE A GOOD
ACTOR BUT THE COMMITMENTS THAT
WE WOULD SEEK TO ACHIEVE THOSE
GOALS ARE NOT BEING MADE.
>> THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND IT WAS
VERY LONG AND GETTING HAMMERED
BY BOTH PARTIES.
THE LONDON AND HARVARD EDUCATED
MR. CHEW KIND OF KEPT HIS COOL.
HE KNEW IN THE END THAT BIDEN
WOULD NEVER SIGN A BILL BANNING
TIKTOK.
IT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE HAD COME UP A MIDDLE
GROUND.
THAT WOULD NULLIFY CONCERNS OF
BOTH PARTIES IN AMERICA OF THE
COUNTRY.
SO MUCH FOR COMPROMISING WITH
THE CHINESE.
HOURS BEFORE THE HEARING, CHINA
GAVE THE SYMBOLIC FINGER TO
BIDEN AND SAYING IT WAS
REJECTING THE IDEA OF SELLING
TIKTOK.
I WONDER WHY?
NOW, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT EVER
LEARN THAT YOU CAN’T MEET CHINA
HALFWAY ON ANY ISSUE LIKE THIS.
THEIR AIM IS SIMPLE.
IT IS TO CONNER THE UNITED
STATES IN ANY WAY THEY
ULTIMATELY CAN THROUGH
INFLUENCE, PRESENCE, WHAT HAVE
YOU.
AND, THIS WOULD MEAN IT WOULD BE
FINE FOR MANY IN THE REGIME
MEDIA, BY THE WAY, WHO SEEMED TO
ALREADY GIVEN UP ON AMERICA.
CHECK OUT HOW "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" FACING THE QUESTION
WHETHER TO BAN TIKTOK.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" NOW HAVE
TIKTOK ACCOUNT, MEANING SHUTTING
DOWN THE APP COULD APPEAR TO
SHUTTING DOWN THE SPREAD OF
FACT-BASED NEWS TO COUNTER
CHINESE DISINFO..
WELL, "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WILL
EVER BE A RELIABLE COUNTER TO
CHINA IS LAUGHABLE.
PLUS, REMEMBER ALL THEIR EFFORTS
TO COUNTER, SO-CALLED COVID
MISINFORMATION?
THE ONLY ANSWER IS TO FORCE
BIDEN’S HAND.
CONGRESS MUST IMMEDIATELY PASS
LEGISLATION TO BAN THE TIKTOK
APP IN THE UNITED STATES, LONG SINCE TIME.
SINCE TIME.
THEN, BIDEN CAN CHOOSE TO
PROTECT THE PRIORITY OF THE CCP