China’s “intrusion” into U.S. civil discourse is an “imminent” threat to democracy and one of the “biggest threats facing us today” from a national security perspective, according to a China expert. It’s called Tsuda.
”TikTok is not just a technical concern, nor is it just a social media problem. TikTok represents China’s biggest asymmetric advantage over the United States today,” said Michael Sobolik, author of the new book Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance. Fox News Digital.
“This is the most immediate threat the Chinese Communist Party poses to American democracy.”
Sobolik explained that China’s role in “infiltrating civil discourse” through TikTok represents one of the “most important set of issues in U.S.-China relations.” They can manipulate public opinion and spread propaganda. ”
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Author Michael Sobolik told FOX News Digital that TikTok is probably the biggest national security threat facing the United States. (Fox News Digital)
“That’s a big problem.”
Sobolik, a senior fellow for Indo-Pacific studies at the U.S. Foreign Policy Council, told Fox News Digital that 170 million Americans use social media platforms, 150 million of whom spend at least an hour a day. said they are using the site. Most of these users rely on news platforms, Sobolik said, and the Chinese government uses that to its advantage.
”TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, so the Chinese Communist Party controls TikTok,” Sobolik said. If there is a request for censorship, etc., we must comply with it.” Enhance your content. They have no way of saying no to the Chinese Communist Party. There have already been documented instances of TikTok surveilling American journalists to try to figure out who they were talking to within the company. ByteDance has already committed to working with the Chinese government to hone its algorithms to advance the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. ”
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Lawmakers in Congress have been debating for the past few months whether to ban TikTok in the United States or force it to be sold outside of China.Republican bill opponents Discussed It argued that banning the popular social media app “violates the First Amendment.”
Sobolik flatly rejected that idea.
“There’s no mystery to this,” Sobolik said. “This is documented. There are examples of TikTok censoring content about Tibet, the Uighurs, Tiananmen Square, and other issues sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party. The concerns about TikTok have nothing to do with free speech. TikTok If you think that’s just a theoretical concern, then if you think that’s just a theoretical concern, the nation controls one of the biggest pillars of information in the United States today. If we start a war with Taiwan, TikTok will be flooded with pro-CCP messages while it’s happening, spreading disinformation about what’s going on and America doing nothing to help Taiwan. We’re trying to promote a public opinion movement that says we shouldn’t and shouldn’t be involved.”
“China has the most powerful ability to control public opinion in the United States today. This should be a chilling reality. It should send a shiver down the spine of every American.”
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Michael Sobolik, author of Counting China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance (Fox News Digital)
Sobolik continued, “While you may feel like the content you see on TikTok is unique to you, you are being fed content by an algorithm that is controlled by America’s main enemy. It’s a Trojan horse, and it’s in the past.” Lawmakers took this seriously, put country first, and made sure this app was under the control of the Chinese Communist Party in order to drive this Trojan horse from America’s walls. cannot be allowed to continue functioning. ”
“America has a gun to its head every day in the intelligence field. We have to deal with this problem, and we have to do it now. There is no meaningful constitutional concern here. It doesn’t exist. This is a national security concern, and it’s one of the biggest concerns we face today.”
It remains unclear whether Congress has the political will necessary to ban or dissolve TikTok, and Sobolik told Fox News Digital that the issue “will be one of the biggest tests for the United States.” He said he believed that.”
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“If we can solve this TikTok problem, it will be the most encouraging thing we’ve seen in decades about the seriousness with which we defend our liberties and liberties and oppose tyranny.” That’s going to be one of the signs,” Sobolik said. “If we leave this problem unaddressed and unresolved, we will go home and withdraw from great power competition altogether.
“Because, again, remember that protecting yourself is the bare minimum. A good defense may win NBA basketball championships, but a good defense That’s the bare minimum. It’s good housekeeping. You don’t get a gold star by taking care of your homeland. You get a gold star by standing up to the dictatorship you oppose. “If we can’t separate TikTok from the control of the Chinese Communist Party, we’re in even bigger trouble.”
In a statement to FOX News Digital, a TikTok spokesperson said there was “no shred of evidence” for the “outlandish claim” that TikTok is a vessel of the Chinese government and that “multiple media outlets have reported it.” Ta.
“The reality is that this proposed ban would trample on the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and destroy 7 million small businesses across the country,” the spokesperson said.
