8 Big Tech Companies, NetChoice SILENT When Asked Whether US Should Ban TikTok

Eight Big Tech companies and one tech industry group all went radio silent when MRC Free Speech America asked whether communist Chinese government-tied TikTok should be banned in the U.S.

MRC Free Speech America emailed leftist Big Tech giants Google, Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, Instagram, Amazon and YouTube to ask for the companies’ opinions on TikTok and whether or not the app should be banned. Meta- and Google-funded tech industry group NetChoice was also asked for comment. A growing bipartisan consensus is condemning TikTok, which is owned by communist Chinese government-linked ByteDance. But that doesn’t seem to concern Big Tech.

Fox News China expert Gordon Changsuggested in exclusive comments to MRC Free Speech America that some of the tech companies might simply want to refrain from antagonizing TikTok as they don’t control national security policies. “You’ve got a malicious regime that is using TikTok to destroy American society,” Chang insisted. “We’ve got to protect ourselves.”