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
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
watch them and others earn entire incomes through it. so many of the nations were watching today s high stakes hearing over on capitol hill lawmakers on both sides of the aisle absolutely pummeled tiktok ceo with questions, many of them, arguing the app should be completely banned in the united states over concerns that it is controlled by communist china, along with its parent company to spy on users or even influenced those who think that they re simply watching videos. by dance is not owned or controlled by the chinese government. there are more than 150 million americans who love our platform , and we know we have a responsibility to protect them to the american people watching today. here this tiktok is a 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