The China Committee of the US House of Representatives summoned Amazon officials to testify in a closed session in the fall. The main agenda item of the committee will be Amazon’s commercial partnership with Chinese TikTok.
Amazon will be questioned in the USA because of its TikTok partnership
The committee tasked with investigating national security risks allegedly posed by the Chinese government began to question the cooperation between Amazon and TikTok. In the statement made by the committee spokesperson, it was said: “We conveyed to Amazon that, given the national security threat posed by TikTok, it is dangerous and unwise to partner with this platform.”
This meeting comes after Amazon and ByteDance-owned TikTok announced a collaboration that allows users to shop on Amazon without leaving the app. Thanks to the new partnership, TikTok users can purchase Amazon products directly from ads in the application and speed up their shopping process by connecting their accounts.
This partnership gives Amazon access to TikTok’s Gen Z audience and success with in-app shopping. It gives TikTok the opportunity to strengthen its position in the US market before a possible ban. According to the law signed by former President Biden, ByteDance must sell the platform’s US operations by January 19.
It is thought that this agreement between Amazon and TikTok was made to make it harder for the USA to ban TikTok. Of course, the company also has similar agreements with other social media platforms such as Meta and Pinterest. It is even possible to say that Amazon Web Services is working with US intelligence.
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