NewsBreak launched in the US in 2015 as a subsidiary of Yidian, a Chinese news aggregation app.
"This is yet another example of the serious threat posed by technologies from countries of concern. It's also a stark reminder that we need a holistic approach to addressing this threat - we simply cannot win the game of whack-a-mole with individual companies," he said. NewsBreak launched in the US in 2015 as a subsidiary of Yidian, a Chinese news aggregation app. Both companies were founded by Mr Jeff Zheng, the CEO of NewsBreak, and the companies share a US patent registered in 2015 for an "Interest Engine" algorithm, which recommends news content based on a user's interests and location, Reuters reported.
Americans have the right to "full transparency" about any connections to the CCP from news distributors, Krishnamoorthi added, particularly with regards to the use of "opaque algorithms" and artificial intelligence tools to produce news. "We cannot allow our foreign adversaries access to American citizen's data to weaponize them against America's interests," she said.