Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a 21-state coalition in demanding answers from online retailer Temu regarding its alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), data collection and sharing practices, and possible violations of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).
In a letter sent Thursday to the president of Temu and the CEO of PPD Holdings Inc., Temu’s parent company, the attorneys general outlined their concerns with the company’s business practices following reports that the company may not be following federal law or various state consumer protection laws.
Last year, the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party revealed 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.” Then, Temu took it a step further, claiming that the company is not subject to the UFLPA.
The same House Select Committee also found that Temu has no 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.”
The attorneys general are asking Temu to answer specific questions within 30 days.
In addition to Virginia, attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota Tennessee and West Virginia also joined the letter.
Click here to read the letter.
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