American Thinker:
For years, Washington has warned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is not merely a rival government but an active, highly sophisticated influence operation. TikTok sits at the center of that concern.
Owned by ByteDance — a Beijing-based company subject to Chinese national intelligence law — the app could be forced to share Americans’ user data or shape content to favor CCP narratives. This is not hypothetical. China’s “Great Firewall” censors its own citizens daily, and Beijing has exported influence campaigns worldwide, from WeChat censorship to covert news site purchases.
That prompted Congress to pass the 2024 law forcing ByteDance to divest or face a ban. National security officials cite the potential for “algorithmic influence” on public opinion. Subtle shifts in what Americans perceive about Taiwan, elections, pandemics, or domestic unrest could impact the debate. As FBI Director Christopher Wray testified in 2023, TikTok gives the CCP “the ability to manipulate content, and if they want to, to use it for influence operations.” more
Bill Gates and Communist China are equally enemies of the United States and should be dealt with as such.
Both Gates and the CCP both want a whole lot of the world’s human population dead!
Has anyone ever wondered why it’s called TikTok…..the sound a timer makes when it’s counting down to something?