Posted 4/16/2024, 8:40:00 PM
GOP Lawmaker Urges Probe into Temu Parent Company's Alleged CCP Ties, Data Practices
- Republican lawmaker Rep. Brian Mast urges FTC to investigate Temu parent company PDD Holdings over alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party
- Mast cites class action lawsuits alleging Temu collected customer data deceptively and failed to protect it
- Mast questions if Temu received financial benefits from CCP to subsidize US marketing efforts
- House committee found Temu and Shein exploited US trade rules to evade customs enforcement
- Mast encourages FTC to probe if Temu prohibits sales of goods from Xinjiang linked to forced labor