TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: I don't condone effort by former employees to access U.S. user data
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- TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress for the first time as the popular social media giant is facing potential ban in the U.S. over its Chinese ownership. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: cnb.cx/2NGeIvi
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Look at his reaction to the question about the wifi. He’s like “What did this guy just ask?”
well its telling that the tiktok ceo did not give a clear "no". its a reasonable question actually. Does Tiktok plant a malware to access the network. Whats interesting is, Tiktok is not available in China, along with everything else we use. How peculiar......
The question was very legit . The question was very simple . Can TIkTok access your home wifi network and other devices connected to the home network .
The answer should have been yes or no . This question was very genuine question .
@@asmarttraveller9576 stop acting smart. Most of us don't understand such stupid question except that old USA brat
A question where he need to check and get back. squared.
For real?? Literally every social network accessed Wi-Fi??? If he wasn’t too old to be considered someone who should be on tiktok, he should know?? Literally did he mean do you get information from Wi-Fi?? Because he damn well didn’t say that
1980. Toshiba
2013. Alston
2020. Huawei
2023. TikTok
Any company growing stronger and better than US would be labeled as a "threat to national security" and would be destroyed.
No you guys, actually all the company of the US has been grown and so strong before. I don't think it better than US
Destroyed? You mean these companies have to be in US in order to survive?
next BYD......
If a country is strong enough, it shouldn't fear any 'threat' but endorse the challenge and find its own way to win the match.
have you forgot world's largest drone maker DJI? In December 2021, the U.S. government added the drone manufacturer, as well as numerous other Chinese firms, to its economic blacklist.
The stupidity of the Congress shows a lot about them based on this conference with the CEO. They were so unprofessional and the CEO seemed disturbed by the questions that were asked.
Ghhbv hello no 2:55 0 yes hello
Oh what a smart question. Does tiktok uses wifi? No, it uses diesel to run tiktok😂 i just topped up 2ltrs diesel for today😂 very expensive 😂
And expecting Chew to just answer yes or no...🤣
No it uses Starlink.
He said does it access the home wifi network?, it was a setup question for the next, u can just say u don't understand.
This hearing is so embarrassed, silly, and fun to watch. Lol
Congressman: if I had TikTok installed in my iPhone and left it at home, would it sleep with my wife?
Yes sir. It will 😜
“Only if your wife want it too, Sir” 😂😅
"Only if your wife sleep with her phone.”
Only if the iPhone is on vibrate Sir"" 🤣
@Kleinlew
GREAT COMMENT !
'We could all be using Microsoft Windows'.
No. Bill Gates has destroyed the United States enough.
The guy surely is sharp as a razor blade
TIkTok is not innocent but so is Microsoft as well .
Well yea, its a valid response, listen to the question it's so broadly phrased that it does include OS
Commy
Lmfao an elected official doesn't understand how WiFi works. This hearing was crazy.
Where did u get that at??
I'm pretty sure you didn't understand what was said
They questioning him like he is CCP when he literally Singaporean 💀
Who also married a taiwanese woman.
Not surprised if some congressmen out there thinks that Singapore is in China.. a fellow Singaporean out here.. 😀
@@lolitalau980 I guess they should've hired a Tamil or a Malay as the CEO in Singapore.
Does not matter if he is an American. He serves the CCP and gives data at will or might end up disappearing for 3 yrs like Jack Ma
It's ByteDance that is CCP as well as Douyin. Both access and collect data from TikToc users.
His confidence is pretty cool
huhh he stressin da whole time 😂😂😂
Cause he is talking to idiots lol…he knew he was the smartest man in the room when he got that wifi question.
@@grimetimetv more like he's so appalled at how stupid American leaders are
@@grimetimetv "stressin" from idiocy yeah I would be too that my valuable time is wasted on teaching boomers on how technology works
Imagine he’s been trained in a room that looks exactly like the one they’re in and he’s been asked probably every question they’re asking him
Omg does congress understand how wifi works? Also they get up on their soapbox and preach about privacy but ask this guy to reveal all of his personal info! 🙄🤨
There is a thing called DMZ feature in your home network router . If that can be bypassed then any one can access your wifi router and devices connected to if from anywhere.
So the question asked was quite legit . Can Tiktik be used to access the home user network and other devices .
They really should have prepared better in order to make sure they where actually asking what they intended to be asking. Asking if an app is connected to the WiFi, and if it can scan for and access other devices on the same network are wildly different.
See when a company is starting up initially, they start off in one place. Tiktok started in China, so obviously their entire servers and setup was in China. Now they are making an effort to shift the entire system of US user data to the USA. That needs to be appreciated. Its a big move. As far as the user data collection is concerned. Google, Facebook and many other companies do the same as Tiktok. If you are gonna ban, then ban all of them. Don't just target Chinese companies. That's really biased.
I get what you are saying, and it’s valid, but understand, just because the country that ByteDance resides, the CCP can decide (for national security measures) to ensure they form over user data. Data that can come from American users.
This is really about the CCP. There is no-partisan support of this. Let me tell you something, in America we fight over EVERYTHING, the fact that both sides agree with this??? We never agree on anything.
TikTok is in trouble. TikTok WILL GET BANNED. This is not even TikTok’s fault, they are just collateral damage.
Is normal US aim at China because they are losing . They can pick any event and pinpoint back to China.
The concern is not whether or not they are collecting data. Their concern is whether they will collect data and have to share it with Chinese government.
You don't know how much $$ FB, IG etc. put behind those politicians to push the ban to Tiktok.
@@kel.lyyyyle All data in the US were managed and restored on Google Cloud before, now on Oracle Cloud. The same way iCloud do business in China.
I swear America is my favorite TV comedy show.
This hearing kills brain cells
This is funny to watch. He’s not rude. Unlike the others who were mean towards Chew and painful to watch.
Mr. Chew Is my home wifi part of the Internet? Do you have information how to connect to wifi?
🤦🏿♂️
🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s like asking “if I put gas in my car does it have access to the car”
That analogy makes no sense
What he meant was if a thief put gas in the car, does the thief have access to the car? Gas being the WiFi and car being the devices.
It's more like "if my car has gas in it, can the car access the gas?
Can we pass a law that if a congressman has absolutely no clue what they are talking about they don’t waste time. Imagine an educated person asking questions you would get to the point right away and find out if there is anything going on with TikTok.
at least this congress man is respectful and technically asked the correct questions. Anyone can ask any questions, even its sounds stupid. But in a respectful ways.
if tiktok was started in america it be a whole different story
China would have banned it a long time ago.
Yes, that’s the point
Why does congress still create presentations that look like the ones I made in grammar school? The optics are terrible! I feel bad for the poor guy holding up the cheap Kinko posterboard. They can't even get a stand? It's 2023. It would have been hysterical if they used TikTok to make their presentations 🤣
My apple account has been hacked 3 times in the last five years and I didn't even get an apology. Idk I could care less about Tiktok but it's hard to watch people old as dirt that don't know a thing about any apps sit up there with their cue cards preaching about privacy practices 😵💫🙄
i agree with you, but also make better passwords LMAO
How could they be unprofessional ? Look at their faces ; they look so educated, well-dressed , manly, holly-wood qualified and serious. Their questions sounded so wise and inteligent too ?
And this guy is in the congress committee of TECHNOLOGY. We are screwed!!!
That is the fundamental ability of these congresspeople. Can they lead this country? but they are leading.... LOL
These lot asking the guy to be accountable for every person that works for the company
The ignorance of these Congressmen is unbelivable . They don't even know how WiFi works. 😂😂😂
It's a joke, they even didn't know how to ask proper questions. That made those jokers look stupid.
But not according to the news media.
I am so proud of how Mr. Chew handled himself during these ridiculous questions.
shou îs marvelous. So smart. thanks for that good attitude!!!!!!!
Why do congress lawmakers don’t even understand how WI-FI works?! Lol
maybe not graduated from element school? puzzle me. really can't figure out why. even a 10-year kid knows the answer. Maybe he does not have that brain. odd
The ignorance and pretentiousness of these Congressmen is unbelivable .
Mr Chew, if I turn my phone to airplane mode can I control the plane?
Yes it’s possible to access your tik Tok by using your network at home , that is how we have Wi-Fi .
But does tik tok access the Wi-Fi I still don’t know 😂
'We dont do anything that is beyond industry norms' what a shot fired.
0:04
chew is probably thinking "is my english really that bad or is he really this stupid?"
his expression is too funny upon hearing that.
Does Tik Tok also have access to my phone battery? Ievel seems to drop while I am using the app 😮
The American Congressmen are Stanford standard when they asked " Is it Possible" data can be accessed by CCP. Technically speaking, data breach is possible. So, CEO cannot say "Its Impossible". By saying things like "not that he is aware of" does not answer any question well when you represent tiktok. Also, being CEO, he will not know who handles the data nor how was it handled nor was their unauthorised access even by tiktok chinese employees
precisely. All the question line was like that. "Can you assure with 100% certainty" questions are always a trap.
@@pirimpallopirimpalli4932 Many singaporeans and international viewers say he is impressive but impressive is only relative. These are usually tiktok users and fans. They need to use it for entertaining themselves. Self gratification. But i discount his impressiveness because he is likely taught by his legal team how to deal with this sort of questioning. He frequently did not answer directly many posed questions. He said frequently, he will need to check and get back. He also have said he is not sure. These are easy way out facing tough questions. Almost every question relating to ccp, he did not answer directly. This already support the notion that ccp is very influential to tiktok. Overall, its clear tiktok can be banned based on the way he answered or skipped answering the questions. A layman using the techniques he used can also perform like he did. So, i am not impressed except by his english fluency being a singaporean chinese. The only reason why tiktok would not be banned is voters most of who are juveniles hooked on self gratification using tiktok
@@malita354 beside the fact that he was asked very inexact as well as misleading questions, and he was given almost no chance to answer, your comment strikes me as odd because it's centered about him being impressive and then denying he is. But I didn't even mention him in my comment, so I wonder why you wrote that to me. It's like you had a premade answer and gave it out of context here. Are you a troll?
The main issue is that the Chinese gov has demonstrated extreme control over all Chinese companies, private or not, by making their CEOs and shareholders disappear. Sometimes they are imprisoned with an internal gov trial then mysteriously die in prison or they reappear while insisting it was nothing and telling their families not to say anything in fear of being executed. So IF the Chinese gov told ByteDance leaders to gather data for them, then they would be threatened to do so. Congress did not mention anything about this and completely misunderstood the situation and yelled at this man for 5 hours. Our congress is extremely embarrassing.
Please show us evidence before you judge china. U. S invade and bomb other countries and displace millions of people. Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Iraq etc. Moron
@@nicksonsicnawa9607 What he says is so true. I live in China my whole life. Google Alibaba, Didi, etc.
He would be gone if he didn’t stick to his cover story
how to be a congressperson..? we are voted by citizen or what..?
The questions😔💀.
I'm not sure this is such a stupid question. He wanted to establish whether Tiktok accesses the home wifi network so that he could ask whether Tiktok can access other devices on the home network, that don't have the app.
Does tiktok access wifi network LOL
I can't believe these people are voted into positions of power.
Pls pls...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi CHEW (should be written as CHEW Shou Zi) is from Singapore (born there and did his national service like most Singaporean males).
"Chew went on to serve National Service in which he was a commissioned officer in the Singapore Armed Forces."
"Chew went on to study at University College London, where he graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Economics degree. In 2010, he completed a Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School..."
"Chew likes to play golf and read books on theoretical physics in his spare time."
Singaporeans know chew is a last name. Not all Singaporeans have Chinese like names as some are Malay and some are Tamil.
@@wwlee5 He is Singaporean Chinese !
Come on.
“So if I’m thirsty and I drink water, would I still be thirsty?”
He is a Cambridge university and Harvard university graduate a Singaporean. Some people of lower calibre will be jealous of his brilliance.
Who cares he’s paid off
@@grimassgrimey5194 yup who cares ? nobody gives 2 f**KS about the Rig election of Trump.
@@JenHope883 FJB
hes so real for that!
You cannot blame him for our kids using tik tok blame the parents who don’t keep an eye on there kids when there on there phone or keep them off tik tok
Also, TikTok is not at all so bad. If one actually knows it.
Yeah this can also be down with other sites, it’s not a TikTok only problem
His concern was legit but he just didn’t phrase it right. What he should have asked is “Does TikTok find and connect to devices on my home local network?” Which many apps attempt but require approval from the user, at least in iOS.
This is embarrassing. Most other apps like Facebook and TH-cam probably capture way more data than TikTok.
Noticed that all the news media channels are turning their comment section off on this subject.
Actually a serious series of questions for once. Doesn't interrupt and doesn't make unfounded claims. Who cares if he makes 2 questions with obvious answers.
Richard Lane Hudson Jr. : Currently, is there shared technology?
Shou Zi Chew: Congressmen, with all respect I have to get back to you, this could be a very broad question, for example we could all be using Microsoft Windows.
Really remember, ask the questions you are trying to ask.
Though, really. I don't think they are really asking questions.
Also what are they gonna do next, play with the word 'could' and ask stupid questions and demand people to answer with a 'yes' or 'no' with questions like:
"COULD someone with malicious intent launch a nuclear missile strike on China?"
They are going about this all wrong. If these questions are the issue, then every single social media company is in trouble.
bro why are ppl saying hes a asking a silly question this is literally a leading question do yall not know how this works
Why bother going? They've found them guilty already.
Wow riveting 🙄
Shou Chew and Mark Zuckerberg being asked by Republicans in Congress: "Why are we still here? Just to suffer?"
But seriously, US Congress sure know how to promote Companies
this poor guy. these questions r so dumb
I think the younger generation should be the ones to vote on this. Its their future. I'm sick of old foggies sending young men to war, taking away our rights as to what we put in our bodies, where we can go n when etc etc
Nuts putting question
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This congressman is not rude though
The original Mr Chu
wifi???? lol what a joke, Americans dont even know how internet works dont they lol. made my day
Chew shud just complete his answer : "yes, if u turn on your WiFi & key in the WiFi pw, it access your WiFi, and u can start using tiktok".
“Mr. Chew, do we need to breathe oxygen in order to live?”
what is your question? LOL
@@chunleiworkhomie he's mocking the stupid questions made to Chew
Well, at least this congressman let him "talk".......
Does that man not know how wifi works??
Wow. Every single one of MSM videos on this are UNITED- just like both Rep and Dem UNITED on this racist scapegoating.
They don't know TIKTOK IS BANNED IN CHINA!?!? AND THIS GUY IS SINGAPOREAN?
Its a legit question, the first question may sound moronic, however the next question is extremely relevant. The main concern here is if tik tok has the ability to access other devices under this wifi network.
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It's relevant theoretically. "Does your app work as a spyware?" That's the meaning of the question. Well, no, it doesn't. But if one doesn't know what wi-fi is, it's hard to expect them to have done research to figure how comic-bookish the question sound.
Mr chew if i use bluetooth would my tooth turn blue ?
so this is the U.S congress hearing? what a joke🤔
no a joke, it is fact!
Questions is if there is a war??????
They ask the dumbest questions
Hahahahaha... This is so funny! Give up making yourself appear foolish to the outside world. Let's get back to basics by ending the chase and taking down all those social networking sites for good. In this approach, American parents might be able to revive their lives, take better care of their kids, and develop as parents. Perhaps it will also eradicate all types of criminal activity, which they claim is a result of these social networking sites.
His name is chew and i don't think anyone in the congress can chew him 😂😂😂😂😂
Can you help me get a letter delivered to Back To The Future 2 on time?
Jeez ppl in the comment don't understand that the congressman was 'building up' his question. He wasn't dumb. His questions were legit, I am more impressed by Shou's answers
I get that he is building up but he didn't have to ask in the most foolish way possible
Also, this man is not a spy. He is just a business person who has 'ties (he is born into it)' with China.
This means he would have asked help and would have paid something who knows.
jeez
Singapore Einstein vs. North America (Dumb and Dumber) Neanderthals 😂🤣
"Mr. Chew, most Americans can't do basic math. We only make bombs and threatening others.
Having said that, please be careful how you answer the next question.
What is 1+1 ? Please answer Yes or No."
These people are running US government 😂😂
Singapore Einstein vs. North America (Dumb and Dumber) Neanderthals 😂🤣
"Mr. Chew, is my mouth connected to my brain ? Will TikTok connect to my mouth and make me say things ?"
Your congress is trying, but it is the key issue is 'How do you retrieve the already stolen info before the FIRE WALL was put up. Also, how can you mandate his cooperation instead of receiving his voluntery participation, which he can say later on i missed this section by accident and just say sorry without any consequence.
Nah this wild💀
they just want to caught him out lol
it shouldnt be allowed to keep salaries private, it makes no sense, evryone should know everyones salary, but of course, than we couldnt be underpayed anymore, we would be bad slaves, the whole economy is build on underpayed workers
Singapore Einstein vs. North America (Dumb and Dumber) Neanderthals 😂🤣
"Mr. Chew, if I connect to TikTok to access WiFi, will Martian access my WiFi and my wife ?"
The next SNL skit
This congress has made up their mind, there is literally nothing Zhou can do to change. And think about the same question to Facebook, what will Mark say?
You don't have any obligations to Byte Dance? PROTOTYPICAL Zucchini defense
Starts swearing uncontrollably in head
he who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick
Why bother to say where he was from? Does it matter?
Because they keep claiming he is beholden to the China Communist Party due to being ethnically Chinese, but he isn’t a citizen of the PRC, neither is his parents, wives or children. There is nothing China can do against him or his family like the Americans are insisting.
Americans don't even know where Singapore is
Many congressmen look like conmen, somehow...
If you were from the UK and people assumed you were from the USA, you'd clarify it.
Crenshaw seemed to be implying that he was a chinese citizen, and beholden to chinese law/government. Hes not, because he is Singaporean.
Lol. Next "threat to national security company" will be Samsung pretty soon.
HE DIDNT CHEW, HE ATE
W SHOU
Silly question
CCP loves it! Don’t be fooled.
IM AGAINST ABOUT TIKTOK BETTER REMOVED THAT FLATFORM ESPECIALLY IN BUSINESS MATTERS. 😜
congresman: do we need to use our eyes to watch tiktok?