'It's A Yes Or No Question!': Bill Johnson Grills TikTok CEO Over App's Capacity For Censorship 

Democracy is not like a totalitarian organisation like CCP , there will different questions and you are liable to answer In China there will be only one question and it is from President Xi , asked by any CCP memberv

They just never let him speak, after their conclusion, they just waive their remaining time

They can also kidnap the ceo and re-educate him... oh wait this is not china.

Wait the CEO was in the video?

😂……..

that's why it's a yes or no answer. LOL

😂😂😂

yes or no？

Congressman to dumb to understand

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YES Or NO. Thast only allowed to say

Welp, we have to hear/read your garbage CCP bots comments... 😂

​@@erlingqiericyice1977 yes and no answers alone can lead to misleading outcomes

This is so called American aggression.

its like when your stuck in a class room and you got 1 special need student who couldn't shut the F up and keep distracting other around them by asking really dumb questions over and over again lol

It is congressional talking!

"Hearing" mean you stayed there and listen to my "Talking"..... LOL

ikr! 90% of Congress was like this. Some of their claims were absolutely unhinged. Never let him answer.

@@InnerAtmos Yes Or No. Thats only allowed to answer

@@erlingqiericyice1977 "How do I turn on my WIFI? YES OR NO"

@@InnerAtmos no fr

@@InnerAtmos What color is my tie today? YES OR NO.

Absolutely! Americans who lie aren't prosecuted. No way they would do anything to a Chinese national. The congress is literally a paper tiger.

If you play baseball or wrestle professionally the lying about steroids or whether it's fake is a big deal If you lie to the american people, interfere in elections and undermine the democratic process then it's all good...(As long as you are on the right side)

Most truthful statement made about these hearings. Its why the everyone laughs on the stand. They make snippet comments they can use for their own purposes then refuse to say anything but talking points. Its gross. Congressional hearings are like a nonbinding letter from the united nations

Too many Obama and SORROS Botts

You hit the nail on the head.

These representatives officials are using double speak, etc.

You from China ??

In this particular instance they’re asking yes or no questions and giving him direct rhetorical statements. Because of the time limits, representatives like the TikTok CEO and anyone else that rolls through usually want to answer a yes or no question with a long winded statement. “Filibusting” if you will. If they eat away at the Congress peoples time, they can avoid a significant amount scrutiny. Sometimes the answers require more nuance than yes or no, but it’s easier to tell when someone is being nuanced or simply being evasive.

Well CCP doesn’t even allow any foreign social media to exist in China.

@@johnsam100 even if he is, doesn’t change the fact that this ‘hearing’ was a farcical circus. If you guys wanna ban tiktok just go ahead and do it, stop trying to look for excuses.

Maybe answer the question. Yes or no isn't very hard

@@aforce2314 did you ever consider the politicians going after Tik-Tok might be getting

His first question was a why, he then changed it slightly

​@@aforce2314 No it's not that problem

@rogercook7345 It's sad. The ones that talk over him are being paid off by lobbyists. They don't sit in that seat by the amount our tax money pays them. They can give themselves pay raises and that's just not enough anymore for them to sit in those seats and work for the American citizens anymore.

Ones and zeros was tongue in cheek referring to the basic messaging that all computers use. A computer doesn't recieve As, Bs, Cs nor whole words and interpret them like human beings. You should know that.

it was simply a setup , trying to get him , to answers the questions in the way they wanted . This is why not only he was rude and hostile the entire time , but also did not allowed him to answer any of the questions at all or explain anything. He clearly told him the code of tictoc is a global project and only part of the code is done in china. But he still insisted in forcing him to say that china did it all and that they are guilty without any proof that they are doing what they claim they do.

Hey, Computer Science Major. I've been programming for 30 years and have programmed in a half a dozen languages. Tell me what do all computer languages boil down to.. "ones and zeros". That's what the CPU expects. Just because he "ones and zeros" that doesn't mean he only programmed in Assembly language.

@@jerrware As far im aware , nobody code in assembly language anymore , thats was the 80s . Last time i knew about programmers doing that was in monochrom calculators writting tetris based and hess games. Good luck trying to maintain a program of many millions lines of code ,among dozens of programmers groups world wide using just zero's and one's. TIC TOC was written in JAVA language for Android platform and other languages for the IOS version.

@@technoartfest8708 I believe ASSEMBLY is still used for some older satellites and robotics.

It took them 3 long years to set up a trials for the murder suspect, with the stagger amount of evidence. With the legal justice system, they end up giving him 10 yrs and threw him back on the street, because is the cheapest alternative.

Seems it's only when certain people -want- [need] someone held accountable.

load of rubish from congress

True, but the congressmen are prolly too busy settling sexual harassment suits using taxpayer money to care about holding each other accountable.

According to tiktok will pose a threat to the national security of the United States, then other countries that use facebook twitter can also ban facebook twitter for the same reason

Bobby Chang is SUS

How old are you? YES OR NO!

@@user-tn8nj1lb4u It depends. lol

these politician are NPC 😂

Why are you so wrong? Yes or No?

Hegemonic

True, any person could clearly see these old insolent men only listened to themselves wen they kept cutting Mr Chew off.

​@@spong2514 and feckless women

Yeah I’d be frustrated too if Chinese executives kept dodging my colleague’s and my questions

Because you can’t think

@@honvun8002 Yeah, you can’t😂

Dude is 40 year old...

​@@uchicago7851 Do you feel jealous?

Fr congress full of Karen’s. I would of loved an intelligent debate on the effectiveness/purpose of tik tok

@@uchicago7851 please don’t use yellow to refer to asians, that’s hella disrespectful

He was head and shoulders above the mob. It was priceless to see his reaction with the incredulous look when he was asked the dumbest of the dumb questions as if to say “man o man, are these idiots for real?

have you never seen a prosecution before lol

The CEO was refusing to answer yes or no.

@@TimothyZhou0 do you know what ETHICAL means?

@@TheBlockyMan only it was, duh

@@chickbowdrie4750 how do I turn on wifi? Yes or No.

They just wanna to grill you up. Keep interrupting your conversation. What a bunch of jokers (US conggggrrrrreeeesssssssssss) LMAO

You obviously don’t care about our national security! He’s being very evasive with his answers and it’s very easy to see how untruthful he is.

Agreed

​@@freezy8593 Watch the entire hearing, and you'll see. It's clear you haven't. And of course he's defensive, he was barely able to answer at all. It's obvious that he's trying to protect himself and Tiktok. But most of Congress them just talked over him and moved on. Saying the most bs things. Also I'm not American. So No, how about you do something to stop USA from spying on the rest of the world? lol And furthermore, Google is by far worse. All these tech giants have sold meta-data to data brokers, which means China probably has had more access to that information than anything else.

​@@freezy8593 how do you comprehensively answer a paragraph of loaded questions with a yes or no answer, that's what I want to know 😂😂😂

@@GIN.356.A You don't, but it's also clear he was also avoiding answering a lot of tough questions. Not that every member of congress had good questions though, most of them were pretty dumb.

Wut

This is a BANAN CONGRESS of USA, our disgrace sorry to say, we need new congress that exhibit professionalism

China is seen as more of a threat to the US than the US, thats why

I dont think the US is confident enough to go against China. All talk.

He represents a private company, not the Chinese government… I’m pretty sure. I don’t think the Chinese government would commission this guy, as soft spoken he is, to speak before congress. Idk.

@@ks9678 No doubts about ties to Chinese government, as their parent company is based in Beijing, although the extent of which is debatable. In reality, the CCP probably isn't have as much influence over Tik Tok as Congress would like you to believe lol

@@ramennnoodle If that is the case, most of the Chinese here are potential " tie to the Communist", since they have some one based in China. Do you suggest that they should be detained and deported?

He had to show the rest he actually know what he is reading!

Unbiased opinion is the last thing they want to inspire.

Yes they're all rhetorical questions they're also Loaded that's why they don't give him time to answer they also ask questions that are not yes or no answers and no matter which one you answer it will be incriminating yourself

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION! This argument is about the CCP having censorship controls!

Lol... that's the thing, they don't want you to form your own opinion. This hearing is a joke, the congress just want to push their views and narrative onto the viewers by setting up the questions with their narrative and then try to force a yes or no answer from the witness. Given what Snowden leaked in wikileaks about American government getting backdoor access to Microsoft, Google and Facebook etc, and now these congress pushing the anti China agenda in this hearing, im certain af that they don't give a fuck about the well being of the users and data privacy.

Who cares your opinion, CONGRESS is making the decision.

He’s just too late to use chatGPT.

And why not?

Yeah, it’s called updating the source code, almost the same thing.

@@Kevin-jc1fx because it makes zero sense. i am a software developer for an American business. here is a simple example of why not. the IT guy mentions “classes and functions” being re-used between each software and he mentions there are MANY classes and functions re-used. i’ve written a ton of code for the business i work for and there are many classes and functions i re-use across my programs. sometimes they require zero changes and sometimes tiny ones. however, some classes are very general purpose and can apply to countless types of software. i have a class for FedEx and a class for UPS. to clarify i’m very simple terms, a class holds functions inside it and they perform tasks. i have a class that connects to the FedEx API and also one for UPS whose main purpose is retrieving tracking data. this is quite simple code but very useful and if i worked somewhere else, i would just re-use this code unchanged. there would be no issue legally because there is nothing particularly unique about such as some proprietary algorithm or other design that is unique to the business i made it at. there would be no reason for me to re-write this class just to use it elsewhere. this is just how things work in programming

@@tee8786 IT*

Its really always been an embarrassment

Hahahahahah. Don't worry it's not the first day

That's what people get for voting Republican

@@obinator9065 it will be exactly the same voting for Democrats! Is a systemic issues

its a disgrace to our nationand they probably going to call us traitors for not supporting these congress of their ridicule questioning and sub-par professionalism

Are you insane?

He can’t even articulate proper English; is he really a native Singaporean? 🤔

Totally agreed… they don’t even let him answer questions why bring him in 😂

The algorithm tik tok uses to decide what videos users will see is promoting sexual content, drugs and alcohol to children as young as 13

Chinese people ≠ CCP.

He said that he worked security and 1s and 0s. I think he meant mall security and turning on/off his torchlight.

in my experience most corporate IT executives have an accounting background, they normally just learn IT buzz words to keep investors happy and sign off on corporate spending.

He only knows the 0s perhaps forgot about the 1s😂

@@MrNaiDar boolean values in coding (true or false) are represented by 1s or 0s. That's what he was referring to. So you only have to change one false value in to true (0 into a 1), to turn on the censorship

Yeah he owned a communications and tech company maybe.

Bulling is Ametican hobby

Why you think he’s a racist lefty?

I feel bad for what I thought was going to happen

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I would have laughed if he started speaking perfect mandarin

@@tioswift3676 would've laughed even more if the spoke perfect Japanese to a Chinese guy.

😂😂😂. . .

TikTok has spread millions unseen devices all over the country.

@@user_uif_ghg_wer_das The parliament is too distracted by TikThots. I can see many congressman heads down checking their phones, probably TikThots, in the background 🤣🤣🤣

I mean it's not a bad question. I don't believe they meant the app TikTok I think they meant like can someone at TikTok get into your home network using the app. I personally don't know that much about how apps really work but all I do know is that Facebook is able to "magically" put up ads for products I have only spoken about. Which is creepy

@@Positivethinking2 the way the question was asked makes you wonder if they know how this thing called the internet works.

is he the internet tubes guy's cousin?

political science major doesn't require higher math level of CAL 3 or diff equation. The only math they use is majority vote of 1 or 0 also writing the date on that piece of paper lol

That’s why he chg profession to congressman. Can lie

why can't it be manipulated? it's just binary and you can change values

@TheRati19999 yes, you can change the 0 & 1 value but can anyone understands the algorithms looking at those 0 & 1, even if you changed those 0 & 1, you think the aplication can execute? If that is the case why do you need programming languages like Java & C etc?

Exactly...Like monkeys fool around on stage.

Because it’s a loaded question that implies that back doors are built into the app. It’s similar to the question “Have you stopped beating your wife?”. Regardless yes or no, the implication is that you do beat your wife.

U said the point. American government is very domineering. They want to citizens to follow what they think and say

Maybe they are not looking for communication.

It is similar to like a mom just ignores listening her boy to give explanation but keep asking him shuts up & admit it

good

The question is probably prepared by someone with actual tech background and he couldn't absorb it if the answer actually went full technical so he preferred a simple yes/no black/white answer like politicians do

All he had done to this point was lie. No reason to assume he would change now

Ceo wouldn't freakin answ with yes or no. Simple questions, kept dragging out his answers. They were yes or know, it's simple!! Then he says "I don't understand your question"?? No, he knew, he heard him right. All he had to do was drag the time out. And it worked.

@@chickbowdrie4750 The shit the congressman was asking was bogus. He asked if it was possible to change the compiled program and the answer is yes. But EVERYONE can do that. It's just really impractical. But if he answers yes it gets spun as if it were the worst thing in the world. That's as if I asked if you had the capabilty to get into a car and plough through a crowd of people. The answer is yes, but it makes no sense to pretend as if it were something terrible.

Right

yes, the person on the stand doesn't answer....because the politicians asking the questions don't allow them to answer, they're just there to perform and don't want to give up any of their air time.

Well he didn’t really ask a question that made sense. He made it sound like he was accusing him of eating children. I’m reality all he accused him of was not having a 100% secure platform. Which no one does!!!

You missed the parts when he keeps mentioning "1s and 0s"😂. All I thought was please tell me when the last time a programmer wrote a "1" or a "0" in their life! I looked the congressman up because he said he worked in IT his whole life, but he worked in management and sales, which is like someone telling you that they've worked in the healthcare field, which makes you think a doctor or nurse, but they were a pharmaceutical rep. But you're right, I'm for rigorous review too but this guy is just scaring and taking advantage of his constituents that have never programmed.

How many CCP bots are on here? Lol

It’s huawai 2, wack in the other knee has to be done to prevent Chinese dominance!

@@alexlopez5800 probably a lot. but I'm just a dude.

Collecting user data for nefarious reasons is completely different from collecting user data for commercial reasons. Members of Congress might seem clownish and comical to you, but their raison d'etre is to protect the USA from malign foreign entities, of which this man, I personally believe, represents.

The CEO is cleverly dodging the answers

YES or No only words allowed to say

It's the best to ask a bunch of HOW, WHEN, WHAT questions, and demand for a YES OR NO answer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytecode 👀

It was a strange sentence indeed but I would not be surprised if my prev old prof in programming that I had would actually say the same. He is not wrong to say "byte code" (Been coding for 14 years myself)

​@@matiassolomon7198 Well, it's quite obvious to me that the comment section is filled with CCP propaganda. Thanks for slapping one in the face with your Wikipedia link. 🎉

Delete TikTok from your smartphone, that’s the simple solution. I never used TikToK.

The problem is not that these Congressmen are not IT experts, we can't expect everyone to know about technology in detail. The problem is the whole session they were saying incomprehensible nonsense and not letting the other side respond to anything.

It's not an open floor for Mr. Chew. Congress members have control of the floor. Mr. Chew is to answer the questions asked of him, without delay, filibustering or deception. It's not his privilege to use the floor to make nonrelevant arguments or any other statements. Mr. Chew can make those arguments and statements outside of the hearing on his own time.

@@joshuajensen8771 they call it a “hearing” and he’s only allowed to answer yes or no to their minute-long loaded questions.

@@joshuajensen8771 How do you answer a not yes or no question with a yes or no answer? Politicians want to control the narrative to control people like you.

@@joshuajensen8771 A more efficient method would be just email Mr Chew all their questions then. Why did they chose to spend 5 hours listening to themselves speaking in their own self-righteous voice?

@@pushinghumanstupiditylimits Because an email will not catch the potential spy off-guard. An email will allow the potential spy to formulate and prepare his answers over many hours, and allow him the luxury of not being caught red-handed. Spontaneity is important when you want to uncover a malign actor. What an absolutely dumb thing to say, email.

Don't my phone crashed after using Tic Toc for about 3 months.

Not missing anything that you can't see on RU-vid....unless you wanna see Madonna being weird and gross 🤮🤮

Exactly

Thank god I still have not laid my hands on that evil Communist filth ever since it released. The rest of my family, however, gave in. I shall not.

You are over 25? Probably

In some cases yes. But in this case it was a yes or no question. "Did you order them to change the source code?" "No." "Okay, why?" Then it would be an essay question.

Imagine you asked me if I had breakfast this morning. I start my response with "Thank you for asking me that question" then continue with a dissertation on my political views on breakfast cereal and my thoughts on the ethics of eating eggs. Some questions are simply answered with a yes or a no.

Are u tryin to act as if china isn’t lying?

it's also begging the question (like when someone says "when did you stop beating your wife?") making it impossible to answer in the way the guy is demanding. plus his claim about 'classes and functions' being reused is hilariously stupid. of course you do that if you're making 2 versions of the same app lol. it scares me how many commenters here think this guy is getting nailed to the wall when in actuality the congressman is making a fool of himself.

@@aes0p895 That's a foolish comparison. "When did you stop beating your wife" has a possibility of a non-applicable answer. "Did you order so-and-so to do x-y-z" has only two answer choices. Either you gave the order, or you did not. There may be an explanation behind either answer, but whether you conveyed the message to that person is yes or no.

Seems like someone doesn't understand prosecutions. Think before you show yourself up online.

@@superpantman Maybe you can enlighten us with your wisdom. What does 'prosectution' have to do with this? It's not a court of law and CEO is not a defendant of any charges.

@@Chevyno10 The point is, this is how hard-hitting questions are often asked in debates by anyone who makes a career from making arguments such as politicians, lawyers, etc.

@@amygdalin9943 it's not a debate but unfortunately a committee hearing. Difference is, in debate he'd at least be given time to actually speak! This is not how most hearings are conducted. Read the other comments if you disagree.

@@Chevyno10 It doesn't matter whether or not this itself is a debate. The point is, anyone who has participated in competitive debate tournaments knows about these techniques. And if we want to consider the actual use of these techniques in debate, it doesn't matter if people are given time to speak. It's never guaranteed that one side is given their full amount of time. Most debates aren't like this, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen or it's invalid. Similarly, most hearings aren't like this, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen or it's invalid.

Same with other platforms not ran by the CCP... 🤦🏻

@@alexlopez5800 tik tok is the number app in the WORLD. there's a reason. 🤦‍♂️

@@stairs6468 Was ... 😂😂😂

@@alexlopez5800 is bro. Is. Are you a child?

@@stairs6468 Wow the CCP bot can't even compose a proper come back... 😂

Facebook isn't DIRECTLY owned by a government, let alone the Chinese government.

How so?

You don't know what you're talking about. Facebook doesn't compare to Tencent.

*All social media is dangerous and should be eradicated from the internet*

U2be could be more dangerous......

Obviously not all questions are no or yes answered lol😂

The politicians just like playing NIGYYSOB game，they don't care your answer at all🤣

It's like: Are you a man? It's a yes and no question. Oh BTW, this is a testimony, not a discussion. Just like in any court, you answer statement by yes or no if you are asked to for easier understanding. Wait why are you talking to me about LGBTQ+?

0:07 👀

Or spam RU-vid comments section ran by CCP bots

一群流氓而已！

Lol I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know what bytecode is

@@michaelhearn3043 He was talking about editing the 1s and 0s of the compiled code to create a back door. Does he think they write in binary?