Chinese social media company TikTok refuses to advertise Peter Schweitzer’s new book Blood Money: Why those in power turn a blind eye while China kills Americansthought the ad was too “political”.
“We regret to inform you that your content has been rejected for the following reasons,” the message from China’s TikTok read. “This ad was rejected because the ad creative or landing page may contain or promote political content.”
“This may include references to political parties and references to elections,” the Chinese app added. “Please change or delete the associated content.”
The ad rejected by TikTok has nothing to do with political parties or elections, and is a product ad for a nonfiction book.
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In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Schweitzer said, “TikTok, a Chinese social media app with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party, has rejected an ad promoting my new book.” blood money, for being “political”. The rejected material is clearly non-partisan and does not clearly violate TikTok’s stated policy against “references to political parties or references to elections.” ”
“Coincidentally, my book details how the Chinese Communist Party has weaponized technology to target American children, turning them against their own country’s values and history. ” Schweitzer added. “The irony here is rich, but not surprising.”
Schweitzer’s blood money On Monday, the day before its release, it jumped to number one on Amazon’s bestseller list. The book is the result of two years of research by Schweitzer, director of the Government Accountability Institute and senior contributor to Breitbart News, and his team of forensic investigators.
In the book, they scrutinize “restricted” Chinese military documents and “mountains of American financial records” to trace hundreds of billions of dollars in suspicious funds related to China’s undeclared war against the United States. did.
As reported by Breitbart News, TikTok, widely considered to be a thinly veiled Chinese surveillance and supernatural weapon as a social media platform, is dangerous to children and teens. It is known for interfering with US elections as well as being considered national. security threat.
Additionally, ByteDance, the parent company of Chinese apps that benefit from hostile foreign powers, has already been caught snooping on US journalists, and former ByteDance executives are owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Chinese tech company said it had “unprecedented access” to all the data, including servers in the United States.
This isn’t the first time TikTok has rejected an ad for being too political.
In December, a Chinese app rejected an ad raising awareness of the plight of Israeli hostages held by Hamas as “too political.”
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