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Florida Demands Answers From Temu
August 20, 2024
Both U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Attorney General Ashley Moody are raising concerns about Temu, including their allegedly nefarious production practices.
“A congressional investigation uncovered that Temu may be illegally selling products made with forced labor in an area of China in which the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide,” Moody said.
“Additionally, there are reports that Temu is gathering U.S. consumer information and passing it along to the CCP. These reports are alarming — not only on a consumer protection front but in regards to national security as well.”+
In a letter sent recently to the president of Temu and the CEO of PPD Holdings Inc., Temu’s parent company, the attorneys general outline concerns with the company’s business practices following reports that the company may not be following federal law or the states’ consumer protection laws.
“The rapid rise of Temu represents a new challenge in our ongoing efforts to ensure fair trade and protect American consumers and businesses,” Scott contended, asking for a meeting with the Joe Biden Cabinet official to discuss these and related issues further.
Last year, the United States House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party revealed disturbing information about Temu’s failure to comply with American laws prohibiting the use of forced labor by Uyghurs. The company admitted that “it does not have a policy in place to prohibit the sale of goods from Xinjiang – the location of the CCP’s ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs.” Temu took it a step further and claimed it is not subject to the UFLPA.
The same house select committee also found that Temu does not apply a real compliance system and concluded “that shipments from Temu containing products made with forced labor are entering the United States on a regular basis, in violation of the UFLPA.”
Moody is joined by the attorneys general of the following states in demanding answers from Temu: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Pictured: Photograph of the Temu homepage on August 20, 2024. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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9 Responses to “Florida Demands Answers From Temu”
I find that the shipping information is bogus and and probably Never shipped
OMG! This is new info for me. I did not know about the forced labor. That’s slavery. I have ordered some things from Temu in the past, but I will Not anymore!! At times I have found their website kinda shady. Spin the wheel! It always lands on the same thing every time. I say SHUT THEM DOWN! There are a lot more places to shop online that hopefully are more honest. Thanks Rick Scott and Ashley Moody!!
I’m ordering and I will continue . I think our government should worry about us how is situation here and how we being treated at work not China and Chinese people. I love Temu and shein.
What are you gonna do about? Nothing . When you buy it from Temu, Amazon, Walmart or Target. It comes from the same place China. There’s no products made in American anymore that you can afford. Nothing. They all moved their factories there. Or misused their profits to linen their CEOs pickets
This is but one more way that the CCP is snatching up our personal information and data. A “Trojan horse” right under our noses. But, the Uyghurs (pronounced Weegars) are suffering an ongoing genocide, along with the forced labor used to make all of these great Temu deals. It’s a “blood money” savings that the CCP is counting on greedy Americans to fall for. My conscience absolutely won’t allow me to participate in this global inhumane tragedy.
Hello Rick Scott. You should really be trying to protect Floridians from predatory insurance companies…….
half the stuff on amazon comes from the same thing
From the beginning I would NOT order from this bogus Company. Friends and relatives, along with social media have incessantly complained about their orders not being what they paid for, not getting refunded or simply not getting the product at all. In this day and time, people shouldn’t be as trusting and/or naive. Sad but true.
Yeah, that is true of any Chinese products you buy, physical or digital.