The Biden campaign announced a new TikTok account on Sunday, days after Republican and Democratic lawmakers jointly announced called on the Biden administration Two weeks after TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance was blacklisted, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress the app allowed the communist regime to “control data collection for millions of users.” Stated.
Critics have blasted President Joe Biden for his decision to risk further exposure to America’s preeminent adversary for clearly self-serving purposes to connect with potential voters. After all, Biden thought TikTok was enough of a threat in recent years to ratify a bill banning the use of compromised software by millions of federal employees.
“By the way, we just joined TikTok,” the Biden campaign said. I got it. Sunday X.
The post was linked to a newly created account on TikTok, which is currently Super Bowl themed interview video The elderly president’s caption read, “LOL, hey guys.”
It seems like a joke now, but Biden ratified a spending bill in December 2022 that would ban millions of federal employees from using TikTok.
Thanks to social media platforms, this decision was easy. Confirmed Prior to signing the bill, it spied on Western journalists. A few months ago, BuzzFeed News obtained Fourteen statements from TikTok employees and leaked audio from company meetings revealed that China-based ByteDance employees repeatedly accessed the personal data of U.S. users.
Members of TikTok’s trust and safety department also reportedly admitted in a September 2021 meeting that “everything is being watched in China.”
The FBI and Federal Communications Commission have since suggested that ByteDance may share users’ browser history, location information, and biometric identifiers with communist regimes. report Associated Press.
A breach of TikTok would add an additional weapon to the arsenal of adversaries who have sent spy ships to the U.S. mainland. Operated an illegal police station on American soil. Threatened diplomats. It sent agents to carry out espionage and political destabilization missions.and tried to hunt down opponents in the United States.
The company has struggled to address security and privacy concerns over its “Project Texas” operation, which allegedly stores U.S. user data on U.S.-based Oracle servers. However, the Wall Street Journal report Two weeks before Biden adopted TikTok, it was revealed that the social media platform continues to share data with Chinese masters through unofficial channels.
FBI Director Wray told the Chinese Communist Party Special Committee last month:[TikTok’s] The parent company is effectively beholden to the Chinese government, which in turn raises a range of national security concerns in China. [Chinese] the government’s ability to leverage its access and authority; ”
Biden’s FBI director added that TikTok gives the Chinese government “control over the collection of data on millions of users, which could be used for all kinds of intelligence and influence operations.” .
“I think this is a very serious threat,” Wray said ahead of the Biden campaign’s introduction of TikTok.
Members of both major political parties I got it. In a Feb. 8 letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Biden wrote that “TikTok’s software engineering personnel will ultimately report to ByteDance leadership in the People’s Republic of China. All ByteDance data passing through is subject to the laws of China, a one-party state hostile to American democracy.”
“TikTok, which is legally designated as a subsidiary of ByteDance, will update its EU privacy policy in November 2022 to allow Chinese staff to access user data outside China to perform “critical functions.” We have confirmed that this can be done,” the letter continued. “From a security perspective, this means that TikTok provides the Chinese Communist Party with the ability to weaponize the platform by suppressing, amplifying, or otherwise constructing narratives that target specific audiences overseas. It means that
Biden campaign Said NBC News says the company’s new TikTok account is “part of an effort to meet voters where they are.”
Pew Research data revealed As of late 2023, 32% of U.S. adults ages 18 to 29 will regularly receive news from TikTok. This demographic is currently the most advantageous for the deeply unpopular president, who is trailing former President Donald Trump in opinion polls.
Latest Economist/YouGov poll data show Biden’s job approval rating is 48% among 18-29 year olds, 4 points higher than his approval rating among 30-44 year olds and 10 points higher than his approval rating among people 45 and older.
TikTok could be a welcome springboard for a Democratic president for reasons other than demographics.
Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts) Asked FBI Director Wray said at a Congressional hearing last month: “If the Chinese Communist Party wanted to change the TikTok feed to bias the upcoming presidential election against a particular candidate, could they do that?” Stated.
“My understanding is that under Chinese law, that would be permissible,” Lei replied.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) said this in response to the Biden campaign’s TikTok announcement on Sunday. I have written“The Biden campaign is bragging about using Chinese spy apps, even though Biden signed a law banning them from all federal devices.”
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) I have written“The panic comes when the Biden campaign joins TikTok after the White House banned the app from its devices a year ago.”
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (Republican) tweeted“Hey @joebiden, you’ve done a lot of stupid things in the last 3 years. Giving your data to China might be the stupidest thing.”
Congressman Carlos Jimenez (R-Florida) Said “I’m not surprised that President Biden has joined #TikTok, a company that steals our personal information and gives it to the #ChineseCommunist.Biden is playing for #TeamCCP, not #TeamUSA.” .
“There is nothing better than giving all the data of a presidential election campaign to the Chinese Communist Party.” I have written Congressman Mike Walz (R-Florida). “Public call for election influence!”
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