China’s state-owned Global Times on wednesday I happily quoted President Joe Biden’s campaign page on TikTok provided evidence that the U.S. government is lying about the dangers of Chinese-run spyware social media apps.
“The Biden campaign’s use of TikTok, a social media app that has been widely portrayed by the United States as a ‘national security threat,’ highlights the unwarranted suppression of TikTok by American politicians and debunks the hype.” This has proven to be nonsense,” the Chinese Communist Party newspaper reported. Said.
of Global Times Biden seems desperate in the face of declining poll numbers, accusing his campaign of not caring about promoting apps it knows are legitimate national security threats. hills Speculation that Mr. Biden is probably using TikTok in an “effort to attract young voters.”Latest polls on this topic Indicated Biden trailed former President Donald Trump by just four points among voters under 35, a significant decline from Biden’s 20-point lead among young voters in the 2020 election.
“The Biden campaign’s creation of a TikTok account to attract young voters reflects the deep hypocrisy of American politicians,” the state newspaper reported. “At a time when the United States needs to tout the theory that China threatens American hegemony in the world, TikTok is viewed by American politicians as a tool that is being manipulated by China. ”
“But when it comes to politicians’ own interests, it becomes a tool to get closer to the people, reflecting how utilitarian American politics is,” the article concludes. “Ultimately, we are seeing Washington’s actions on TikTok be unacceptable to the public and society, so politicians must choose to compromise for votes.”
of Global Times Citing Biden’s use of TikTok, he accused Americans of having a “double standard” that is “fundamentally unacceptable.”
of Global Times There’s a lot of fuss about how much influence TikTok has on America’s youth, citing a study that found one-third of Americans under 30 rely on questionable Chinese Communist Party apps to get their news. did.
“TikTok has become the primary source of news and information for Gen Z in the United States.” Global Times he declared. Sadly, amazing turnout The increase in the number of pro-Hamas supporters on campus after the October 7 rape and murder by Palestinian terrorists suggests that this is no idle boast.
Students gather at Harvard University to show support for Palestinians in Gaza during a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
In a passage, Global Times It’s better not to quote it, but of hill I wondered: “Should the U.S. president use a Chinese-funded, Communist Party-controlled social media platform to win re-election?”
of hill He called Biden’s decision “bizarre” and “contradictory.” That’s because his Democratic Party knows TikTok is dangerous, and Biden himself signed a bill banning it from government electronics.
Bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Communist Party of China recently described TikTok as a “threat to U.S. national security” and said Americans “may be unknowingly compromising themselves.” I warned you. [Chinese Communist Party] Surveillance and influence. ” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), ranking member of the committee, said that “employees based in China were able to manipulate the underlying algorithms of TikTok and… They can also access user data.”
After the TikTok CEO testified before Congress, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) warned that his “lack of transparency” and “repeated factual errors…severely undermine the credibility of what TikTok employees say.” .
Warner said he was concerned about “mixed messages” in Biden’s use of TikTok. He suggested the US should “follow India’s example of banning TikTok.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned in 2023 that China could use TikTok to collect data from 100 million U.S. users, and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has been linked to Uyghur genocide. He has been accused of being complicit in the Chinese Communist Party’s digital surveillance system, including the surveillance of
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as of hill pointed out in another segment Global Times Although not cited, the Biden administration mysteriously began parroting Chinese Communist Party propaganda regarding the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into Chinese influence in February 2022 and disbanded the DOJ’s China Initiative. and lifted disclosure requirements for universities accepting funding from China.
Combined with Biden’s attempt; to make friends These pro-China moves and Biden’s embrace of TikTok appear to be a major shift in the Biden administration’s policy from confronting China during dictator Xi Jinping’s November visit to San Francisco.
