Jackley demanding answers from online retailer over alleged connections with China

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, with 21 other attorneys general are demanding answers from online retailer Temu regarding its alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party.

This includes data collection and sharing practices, and possible violations of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

The attorney general sent a letter to the president of Temu and the CEO of PPD Holdings Inc., Temu’s parent company, asking for 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 Chinse Communist Party members who are reported to be on the executive leadership team have access to U.S. consumer data; and, whether Temu can certify the products sold on their platform are not produced by slave labor.

“There have been concerns expressed about possible ties Temu may have to the Chinese Communist Party, and whether the company has failed to comply with American laws prohibiting the use of forced labor,” said Jackley. “We need better answers from the company than Congress has received in the past.”

Other attorneys general signing 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.

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