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Kutcher warns China could use TikTok to undermine US naval support.
“If I'm China and I want to create a problem in in in that area of the world specifically a Naval problem in that area of the world. I, in the South China sea, I would probably want to utilize TikTok in order to influence the minds of Americans in a anti-US pro…”
Cotton: TikTok algorithms suppress content on Hong Kong, Tibet, and Tiananmen Square
“And of course, why you can't see anything on TikTok related to say Hong Kong or Tibet or to Tiananmen Square or the Falun Gong. This is a tool of Chinese communist propaganda.”
Liemandt: TikTok brainwashes youth to favor socialism and restrict free speech
“The two things that, you know, TikTok that your generation believes that a bunch of people don't is that socialism is better than capitalism and the rights of the listener are better than free speech. And those, that is what's on TikTok, right? Those are the t…”
Lonsdale: Xi Jinping will shut down TikTok rather than allow a sale
“I think because this is such a powerful tool for the CCP that Xi Jinping will not allow it to be Sold out of his control and we'll turn it off instead.”
Gallagher: Banning foreign adversary control of social media is constitutional
“I think it's incredibly legal and consistent with free speech to prevent a hostile foreign adversary from controlling what is increasingly a media and news platform.”
Gallagher: Open to forced TikTok sale if US company gets algorithm
“As long as it comes with algorithmic control, By an American company, I would be fine with a forced sale, and that way American investors who own a bunch of ByteDance don't totally lose a ton of money”
Pompeo: Internal opposition and late timing prevented Trump's TikTok ban
“Oh, a little bit of bureaucracy, and then frankly you had senior leaders in the administration who didn't want to close the deal out. There were a couple of us advocating for it, and we ran into a buzzsaw, and then there was, we were a little late, Joe, to be …”
Jake Paul: Open information is exposing political contradictions like Kamala Harris's
“I think, like, people are becoming smarter and becoming more able to see inauthentic characters and actors and contradictions that people have especially in, in politicians and, you know, exposing Kamala saying one thing over here, then later she's saying this…”
Liemandt: Kids retreat to TikTok because schools offer no better options
“Kids don't want to be consumers. They don't want to scroll TikTok and play video games all day. They only do it because our current system basically doesn't give them options.”
Lonsdale: US should force TikTok sale rather than outright ban
“Rather than banning it outright, I think we should force it to be sold to an American who controls.”
Pompeo: WeChat poses the same security risks as TikTok for businesses
“We, WeChat presents a similar set of issues as well for companies that are using WeChat as a payment tool or communications tool.”
Jake Paul: TikTok engagement algorithmically amplifies pro-America content and truth
“And I think because of things like TikTok, The truth has just gotten out there more, and so even if you see something of a video that you agree with, just liking, reposting, commenting, those things actually help to drive those videos up and to grow the audien…”