‘Happy to provide additional basic facts to you or your staff that I learned in elementary school. Ask anytime,’ California Democrat tells Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton is facing widespread criticism after he asked Singaporean TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew if had “ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party”.
The Arkansas Republican senator pursued the much-ridiculed line of questioning during a Senate hearing on child safety on social media on Wednesday, which was attended by a number of big tech CEOs such as Mr Chew.
“You said today, as you often say, that you live in Singapore – of what nation are you a citizen?” Mr Cotton asked.
“Singapore,” the CEO responded.
I’m pretty sure it’s China only, not all of Asia.
On Douyin, the Chinese version of Tiktok, kids 14 and under are limited to 40min per day between 6am-10pm and the algorithm heavily promotes more educational content. It doesn’t promote the “video fast food” that Tiktok does elsewhere.