WASHINGTON - The chair of a US House of Representatives committee on China's Communist Party and other lawmakers on Thursday (May 11) raised 'deep concern' and sought answers over reports Chinese-owned short video app TikTok censored an account that posted content from a film about pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai. Representative Mike Gallagher and 12 other Republican lawmakers said...
A person holds a smartphone as Tik Tok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration taken on Nov 7, 2019. Picture taken November 7, 2019.WASHINGTON - The chair of a US House of Representatives committee on China's Communist Party and other lawmakers on Thursday raised "deep concern" and sought answers over reports Chinese-owned short video app TikTok censored an account that posted content from a film about pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai.
The Michigan-based Acton Institute said last week its TikTok account was suspended for posting content from the film about Lai. The lawmakers said the account was restored after media reports about the suspension.ByteDance-owned TikTok told US lawmakers in a May 4 letter that "TikTok does not moderate content due to political sensitivities" and does not boost content "in the US at the request of any government, including the Chinese Communist Party.
Senators Mark Warner, a Democrat and John Thune, a Republican, in March proposed legislation to give the Commerce Department new authority to review, block, and address a range of transactions involving foreign information and communications technology that pose national security risks.
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