politics

Simple question:

 “Has ByteDance spied on Americans at the direction of the Chinese Communist Party?”

Now, any reasonable person should be able to immediately recognize that there is one, and only one, correct answer to that question. Any other response at all, especially any hemming and hawing around the right answer, only digs your hole deeper. I have no doubt that, as they listened to the scene unfold, TikTok’s various communications staffers were silently or even quietly whispering to themselves through gritted teeth something along the lines of: “No, congressman. We never have, and we never will.” Simple. An easy layup of a question.

Unfortunately, Chew decided to give what might have been the worst possible answer. When asked whether TikTok has spied on Americans at the request, he actually replied: “I don’t think spying is the right way to describe it…”

Simple question:

 “Has ByteDance spied on Americans at the direction of the Chinese Communist Party?”

Now, any reasonable person should be able to immediately recognize that there is one, and only one, correct answer to that question. Any other response at all, especially any hemming and hawing around the right answer, only digs your hole deeper. I have no doubt that, as they listened to the scene unfold, TikTok’s various communications staffers were silently or even quietly whispering to themselves through gritted teeth something along the lines of: “No, congressman. We never have, and we never will.” Simple. An easy layup of a question.

Unfortunately, Chew decided to give what might have been the worst possible answer. When asked whether TikTok has spied on Americans at the request, he actually replied: “I don’t think spying is the right way to describe it…”


https://bgr.com/business/this-was-the-jaw-dropping-comment-from-tiktoks-ceo-that-probably-sealed-the-apps-fate-in-the-us/

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Chew’s answer only opens the door for more skepticism. A straightforward denial would’ve been the smarter approach, instead of dancing around the question.