An ex-ByteDance executive accused TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew of 'misdirection,' arguing in a recent court filing that the Chinese Communist Party accesses user data through a 'backdoor.'
FOX Business host Madison Alworth has the latest on China's ties to the new the social media giant on 'The Big Money Show.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023 in Washington, D.C. In March, Chew was grilled by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on TikTok’s plan dubbed "Project Texas" to have all U.S. data routed to the U.S.-company Oracle. The TikTok CEO claimed the U.S. user data would be managed by U.S. employees through a separate entity called TikTok U.S. Data Security, to be operated independently of TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
The amended complaint, obtained by Fox News Digital, says ByteDance has "served as a useful propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party." "ByteDance is similarly positioned to exploit nationalistic sentiments in other countries like the United States as well, since it collects data from its users in those countries – data which Mr. Yu observed it makes accessible to the CCP via a backdoor channel," the complaint says.
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