Regardless if you like or hate TikTok, the accusations were always baseless and this ban is just because the government wants to control and filter what news we see on it for their benefit and the benefit of corporations.
There has not been any proof made public of the Chinese influence on TikTok. John KerrySenator Mitt Romney recently expressed in an interview (trying to find it now, but I heard it online 2 days ago) that the ban on TikTok was to stop the spread of information regarding the Israel attack on Palestine because the government wants the people to support Israel.
There has not been any proof made public of the Chinese influence on TikTok
Have you actually done research into that, or did you just hear it, and it confirmed your bias, so you took it to be true? The executive branch research departments and the GAO/CRS have been putting out reports for months on TikTok’s ability as an influence tool.
You can say “nuh-uh” or “They wanna ban it so people like genocide again,” but it’s objectively true that TikTok can be used as a weapon, and we would be doing the exact same ban if VKontakte or Weibo suddenly became super popular.
I don’t understand exactly what you’re trying to refute. That’s just Blinken saying that the decentralization of media is one of the key drivers of the changes in politics during the past decades.
Which is objectively true.
The Congressional Research Service has put out 3 reports in the past year about this, which I can’t link here because they’re PDF files, but you can find by googling “CRS TikTok”.
According to the CRS, Chinese laws require that TikTok Have an internal communist party organization, and by law must have a member put on its Board of Directors by the CCP.
The only one saying anything about TikTok in the video you linked is Romney, who didn’t write the bill, and will soon be retiring, let alone his estrangment from his party, I don’t think he has the influence to be a trustworthy source on why banning TikTok has broad bipartisan support.
I’m sure some of the Republicans may be thinking of things such as Gaza when trying to ban TikTok, but that’s not an explanation for the swathes of democrats who have come out in support, saying that China is their reason.
Good, hope they win.
Regardless if you like or hate TikTok, the accusations were always baseless and this ban is just because the government wants to control and filter what news we see on it for their benefit and the benefit of corporations.
But isn’t this exactly what the Chinese government was able to do with TikTok?
The FCC used to ban foreign ownership of TV stations for this exact reason, and I don’t think that’s exactly wrong
There has not been any proof made public of the Chinese influence on TikTok.
John KerrySenator Mitt Romney recently expressed in an interview (trying to find it now, but I heard it online 2 days ago) that the ban on TikTok was to stop the spread of information regarding the Israel attack on Palestine because the government wants the people to support Israel.EDIT: It was Mitt Romney, not John Kerry -> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/blinken-romney-israel-hamas-tiktok-b2540021.html
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Have you actually done research into that, or did you just hear it, and it confirmed your bias, so you took it to be true? The executive branch research departments and the GAO/CRS have been putting out reports for months on TikTok’s ability as an influence tool.
Here’s an example from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
You can say “nuh-uh” or “They wanna ban it so people like genocide again,” but it’s objectively true that TikTok can be used as a weapon, and we would be doing the exact same ban if VKontakte or Weibo suddenly became super popular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3QDPRWPUg
The Hill? Lol.
I don’t understand exactly what you’re trying to refute. That’s just Blinken saying that the decentralization of media is one of the key drivers of the changes in politics during the past decades. Which is objectively true.
The Congressional Research Service has put out 3 reports in the past year about this, which I can’t link here because they’re PDF files, but you can find by googling “CRS TikTok”.
According to the CRS, Chinese laws require that TikTok Have an internal communist party organization, and by law must have a member put on its Board of Directors by the CCP.
Even TikTok’s parent company (Byte Dance) has admitted that its employees have spied on journalists while trying to purge the company of leaks.
So I can understand you taking apart an article, or someone’s commentary about an interview from a source you find untrustworthy, I really do.
But this is them… in a video…
Honestly does it really matter who posted the video at this point? The dude said it, on video, who cares if it’s from the hill at that point?
If you are still arguing that the tiktok ban isn’t about Israel then we are done with this discussion are we’re on an impass
The only one saying anything about TikTok in the video you linked is Romney, who didn’t write the bill, and will soon be retiring, let alone his estrangment from his party, I don’t think he has the influence to be a trustworthy source on why banning TikTok has broad bipartisan support.
I’m sure some of the Republicans may be thinking of things such as Gaza when trying to ban TikTok, but that’s not an explanation for the swathes of democrats who have come out in support, saying that China is their reason.
The US government has been trying to ban TikTok for 3 years even before October 7th. So I can’t see any way that this is solely or primarily intended to crack down on local support for Palestinians.