The state of Indiana is suing social media giant TikTok, accusing it of falsely claiming the company’s product was safe for children and illicitly sending U.S.-based users’ data to communist China. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced two separate lawsuits against the Chinese-owned TikTok on Dec. 7, both related to what he described as “false…
Indiana Sues TikTok for Endangering Children, Sending Data to China
December 7, 2022
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TikTok Time Is Running Out
Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary At a time when an invasion of Taiwan by Communist China looms ever larger, why worry about TikTok? Targeted at American teens, TikTok is a mobile app for sharing short videos, owned by a Chinese company called ByteDance. After five short years on the market, it has more than one billion users…
US’s Reported TikTok Security Agreement Is a ‘Bad Deal’: Rubio
October 6, 2022
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized a reported preliminary agreement between the Biden administration and TikTok that would avoid major changes to the popular video-sharing app’s Chinese ownership. “Any ‘agreement’ with TikTok absent full divestment from ByteDance and the Chinese Communist Party is a bad deal—both for U.S. national security and for the millions of Americans…
The TikTok Trojan Horse and China’s Long Arm of Artificial Intelligence: Geoffrey Cain
September 29, 2022
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In this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sit down with Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning journalist, technologist, and author of “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.” “Everybody was constantly being watched by an artificial intelligence system, which was called the IJOP,” says Cain, referring to a…
PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: The TikTok Trojan Horse and China’s Long Arm of Artificial Intelligence: Geoffrey Cain
September 29, 2022
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This episode will premiere on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. ET. In this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sit down with Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning journalist, technologist, and author of “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.” “Everybody was constantly being watched by an artificial…
Australia Orders Review of TikTok’s Data Collection
September 6, 2022
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Australia’s Home Affairs Minister has ordered cybersecurity authorities to investigate social media giant TikTok’s data collection security. Clare O’Neil, who is also the cybersecurity minister, called on Australians who use TikTok to be cautious of data collection by the app. “I’d say to Australians: if you’re using TikTok, think about what data of yours might…
K Street: The Ideal Influence Point for the Chinese Communist Party—With Rex Lee
August 11, 2022
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Powerful K Street lobbyists are being hired by the Chinese Communist Party to do its bidding, lobbying Congress to influence America. The question is: What can we do about it? The challenge is making effective laws to counter the infiltration. But will it work? Joining me is Rex Lee, a cybersecurity expert exposing the deep…
TikTok’s Chinese Owner Spent Record-High $2.14 Million on Lobbying
July 22, 2022
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TikTok’s parent company in China, ByteDance, spent $2.14 million on lobbying the U.S. government in the second quarter, according to a federal lobbying disclosure report made public on July 20. That amount was an increase of 130 percent from the previous quarter, when the Beijing-based company spent $930,000 on lobbying in the United States. For…
House GOP Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into TikTok’s Data Sharing Practice in China
July 15, 2022
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Two senior GOP House lawmakers are probing popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok over concerns that its non-public user data could be accessed by its China-based parent company ByteDance, which has ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “TikTok has gone on record numerous times claiming that they do not share Americans’ user data with the…
House Homeland Security Chairman Asks Supporters to Join His TikTok
July 11, 2022
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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, recently urged his supporters to follow his TikTok, the popular Chinese video-sharing app that has drawn national security concerns. “Follow my new account on TikTok. (benniegthompson),” Thompson wrote on Twitter on July 1. At the time of writing, the Democratic lawmaker had 63 followers…
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