americans on tiktok tiktok ceo grilled on capitol hill lawmakers look to ban the platform. tiktok is a weapon by the chinese communist party to spy on you. first of all disagree with the characterization that is spying and warned of possible mental health impacts for kids. kids your technology is literally leading to death. tonight we ll talk to popular tiktokers about why they log on. i m asking politicians don t take away the community that we have all built and answer your questions. what data elements are being collected. teens are finding ways around all these parental controls. cnn prime time is time up for tiktok. good evening. i m abby phillip. it s one of the most popular social media apps on the planet , and it is also one of the most controversial a billion monthly active users over 150 million right here in the united states. they shoot and they share videos on tiktok for fun or they watch them and others earn entire incomes through it. so many of the nations were
, you know, black and brown people, people of color. it would be very detrimental to us . i mean, let s be honest. you know, our histories is being they re being taken out of history books. and so now you want to take away a platform that we rely on to have our voices heard. it s very upsetting for a lot of us because we rely on these spaces to, you know, talk about the issues that really matter to us . and now we re talking about banning that. so where are we supposed to, you know, gather and talk about the issues that really impact. but are you are you sweet at all? i mean, we were talking about the a hearing today. uh were you swayed at all by any of the national security concerns the privacy concerns that were raised about the app. i am definitely i agree there are valid concerns about mental health issues about security issues. no one s denying that. however my concern is a singling out of this particular app. why tiktok. why not instagram facebook youtube. all of these other soci
and you know, for people like me , you know, black and brown people, people of color. it would be very detrimental to us . i mean, let s be honest. you know, our histories is being they re being taken out of history books. and so now you want to take away a platform that we rely on to have our voices heard. it s very upsetting for a lot of us because we rely on these spaces to, you know, talk about the issues that really matter to us . and now we re talking about banning that. so where are we supposed to, you know, gather and talk about the issues that really impact. but are you are you swayed at all? i mean, we were talking about the a hearing today. uh were you swayed at all by any of the national security concerns the privacy concerns that were raised about the app. i am definitely i agree there are valid concerns about mental health issues about security issues. no one s denying that, however, my concern is a singling out of this particular app. why tiktok. why not instagram, faceb
in the more than five hour session about tiktok potentially harmful impacts on our children . the ranking member of the committee, citing research about algorithms that recommend videos to teens that promote suicide, self harm and even eating disorders. for much more on what went down and what s next for tiktok. let s bring in cnn s vanessa your cabbage. so vanessa the whole goal of this hearing today for tiktok was to convince lawmakers not to ban the app completely. so how did he do? he made a convincing argument, but he certainly did not convince lawmakers that tiktok doesn t have some connection to china. and this is a ceo who does not like the spotlight, but he was on one of the world s biggest stages today for 5.5 hours out of the gate he made did the argument that tiktok is not an agent of china, but that fell on deaf ears even before he started speaking, many of these lawmakers had already made up their minds. there was a few exchanges that were incredibly
weapon by the chinese communist party to spy on you manipulate what you see and exploit for future generations. but the lawmakers concerns about tiktok they go well beyond the issue of spying show two was also grilled in the more than five hour session about tiktok potentially harmful impact on our children. the ranking member of the committee, citing research about algorithms that recommend videos to teens that promote suicide, self harm and even eating disorders. for much more on what went down and what s next for tiktok. let s bring in cnn s vanessa your cabbage. so vanessa the whole goal of this hearing today for tiktok was to convince lawmakers not to ban the app completely. so how did he do? he made a convincing argument, but he certainly did not convince lawmakers that tiktok doesn t have some connection to china. and this is a ceo who does not like the spotlight, but he was on one of the world s biggest stages today for 5.5 hours out of the gate he made did the