State AGs investigating Chinese company Temu over data collection, forced labor allegations

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and other GOP state attorneys general are investigating the Chinese company Temu over its data collection and labor practices.

"Congressional investigators believe that your company, Temu (which is owned by PDD Holdings), is illegally selling products made by forced labor in an area of China in which the CCP is committing genocide. And PDD Holdings is credibly accused by members of Congress as being linked to the CCP," the AGs wrote in a letter sent to the company on Thursday.

Knudsen wrote that his office has concerns about Temu's "data collection practices" and "like other companies subject to CCP control, Montana believes that Temu is obligated to collect and send Montana consumer data to the CCP on demand."

He noted that the AGs concerns "extend to products sold exclusively on Temu’s website that fail to adequately warn consumers of dangers associated with their products and fail to notify consumers the products are subject to safety recalls."

In the letter, Knudsen referenced U.S. House Select Committee on China's findings related to Temu's poor business practices as part of their investigation into the company.