Data privacy concerns
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In May 2023, the United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission raised concerns about risks to users’ personal data on Temu after Pinduoduo, its sister app in China, was suspended from Google Play because some of its versions, not available on Google’s app store, were found to contain malware.[30][31][32] Two days after releasing an update to remove the exploits, Pinduoduo disbanded the team of engineers and product managers who had developed them. According to a CNN source, most of the team were transferred to Temu, working in various departments, but a core group of engineers remained at Pinduoduo.[33]
On 17 May 2023, Greg Gianforte, the governor of the US state of Montana banned Temu on government devices state-wide, along with ByteDance applications (including TikTok), WeChat, and Telegram.[34][35]
According to Politico, “Apple said the company previously violated the company’s mandatory privacy rules and misled people about how it uses their data.”[36]
Separate class action lawsuits were filed against Temu in 2023, located in Illinois and New York, each in regards to Temu’s handling of private data collected via accounts made on their platform.[37]
Forced labor concerns
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In June 2023, the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party stated that Temu did not maintain “even the façade of a meaningful compliance program” with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to keep goods made by forced labor off its platform.[38][39][40][41] The committee’s report delivered a critical evaluation of Temu, suggesting that there was an “extremely high risk of forced labor contamination within Temu’s supply chains.”[41] The report also found that Temu had exploited United States de minimis rules to evade customs enforcement.[42] In 2024 Temu faced renewed criticism referring to the 2023 report from US Senator Tom Cotton, and US House representatives Kat Cammack and Michelle Steel after the company aired commercials during Super Bowl LVIII.[42]
Work culture
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Temu has been criticized for having an intense workplace culture and encouraging a 996 working hour system.[45] This workplace culture has been connected to incidents of PDD Holdings employee deaths that have made international headlines.[45]
In 2024, the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal reported that PDD Holdings, Temu’s parent company, uses surveillance and non-compete lawsuits against former employees who leave to work for rivals.[46][47]
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Data privacy concerns
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In May 2023, the United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission raised concerns about risks to users’ personal data on Temu after Pinduoduo, its sister app in China, was suspended from Google Play because some of its versions, not available on Google’s app store, were found to contain malware.[30][31][32] Two days after releasing an update to remove the exploits, Pinduoduo disbanded the team of engineers and product managers who had developed them. According to a CNN source, most of the team were transferred to Temu, working in various departments, but a core group of engineers remained at Pinduoduo.[33]
On 17 May 2023, Greg Gianforte, the governor of the US state of Montana banned Temu on government devices state-wide, along with ByteDance applications (including TikTok), WeChat, and Telegram.[34][35]
According to Politico, “Apple said the company previously violated the company’s mandatory privacy rules and misled people about how it uses their data.”[36]
Separate class action lawsuits were filed against Temu in 2023, located in Illinois and New York, each in regards to Temu’s handling of private data collected via accounts made on their platform.[37]
Forced labor concerns
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In June 2023, the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party stated that Temu did not maintain “even the façade of a meaningful compliance program” with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to keep goods made by forced labor off its platform.[38][39][40][41] The committee’s report delivered a critical evaluation of Temu, suggesting that there was an “extremely high risk of forced labor contamination within Temu’s supply chains.”[41] The report also found that Temu had exploited United States de minimis rules to evade customs enforcement.[42] In 2024 Temu faced renewed criticism referring to the 2023 report from US Senator Tom Cotton, and US House representatives Kat Cammack and Michelle Steel after the company aired commercials during Super Bowl LVIII.[42]
Work culture
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Temu has been criticized for having an intense workplace culture and encouraging a 996 working hour system.[45] This workplace culture has been connected to incidents of PDD Holdings employee deaths that have made international headlines.[45]
In 2024, the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal reported that PDD Holdings, Temu’s parent company, uses surveillance and non-compete lawsuits against former employees who leave to work for rivals.[46][47]
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