Hudson (R-NC): Does tik-tok access the home wifi network?
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Chew (tik-tok rep): Only if the user turns on the wifi... I'm sorry I may not I understand the -[question.]
Hudson (R-NC): [interrupting] So if I have the tik-tok app on my phone and my phone is on my home wifi does tiktok access that network?
Chew (tik-tok rep): [as if explaining it to a small child]
It would half to ... access the network ... to get connections to the internet. If that's the question.
@futurebird Mr. Chew, is your app why I can't download any emails from my grandson?
I really think we could use some laws to protect people from things like loot boxes-- to make ads more clearly labeled and explicit, ways to report dangerous content ...
But I have no faith in this crew understanding the problems enough to even take action.
This one guy thought that tiktok uses "pupil dilations" to detect if users like content. And they might even do that someday but not knowing that to propose it's happing now makes you sound like an idiot is so demoralizing.
@futurebird @funkula the folksy ignorance of some of these people is part of their appeal to their constituencies
