PIERRE, SD (MITCHELLNOW) South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is one of 21 state attorneys general demanding answers from online retailer Temu about its alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), its data collection and sharing practices, and possible violations of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).
The attorneys general have sent a letter to the president of Temu and the CEO of PPD Holdings Inc., Temu’s parent company, requesting answers to several questions within 30 days. The questions cover issues such as whether Temu or PPD Holdings, Inc. collects and sells U.S. consumer data; whether former Chinese Communist Party members allegedly on its leadership team have access to U.S. consumer data; and whether Temu can prove that the products sold on its platform are not produced using slave labor.
“Concerns have been raised about Temu’s potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party and whether the company has violated American laws prohibiting forced labor,” said Attorney General Jackley. “We need better answers from the company than Congress has received in the past.”
Other attorneys general who signed the letter are from Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The letter can be read here:
