Drew Harwell

New: Our big preview of TikTok chief Shou Zi Chew's upcoming congressional testimony. "If you give them the power to ban social media companies, you think this is going to be the only time it happens?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/21/tiktok-ceo-profile-congress/

TikTok CEO’s mission: Fend off a ban. It may be a ‘death wish’

The app’s chief executive helped invest in the Chinese engineers who founded its parent company. Now, he’s a lonely defender of one of Washington’s most pummeled punching bags.

The Washington Post
Mar 21, 2023 at 9:54pmWeb
Show threadPari Moon-ForestMar 21, 2023
@drewharwell
So don't ban it but tell them to stop collecting facial recognition and other data. Or, ban it.
But yeah Americans will scream "Free Speech!"
Show threadDon FeliceMar 22, 2023
@drewharwell Is there some way that TikTok is more a threat than Facebook and Cambridge Analytica?