New study alleges Chinese government is using TikTok to influence U.S. users

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  • Опубліковано 29 жов 2024

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  • @los7187
    @los7187 2 місяці тому +116

    Just pointing this out. In China, if you’re a minor, TikTok only shows science based videos that are more geared towards educating. In the US the algorithm is designed to show you the most viral and interacted with videos. In a separate study, a survey showed that when kids in China are asked what they want to be when they grow up, they say things like astronaut, engineer, doctors, etc. but if you ask kids in the US the same question, they say “influencer.”

    • @Head00Busta
      @Head00Busta Місяць тому +14

      And what are all the other social media platforms doing? Welcome to capitalism.

    • @alyssawilliams752
      @alyssawilliams752 Місяць тому +3

      What study

    • @asanti3748
      @asanti3748 Місяць тому +2

      I work with a lot of student from all around the world bro, trust me they find their way around it in there counties where the internet is so heavily policed. Or force fed.

    • @BIGINK-FKYRFEELINGS
      @BIGINK-FKYRFEELINGS Місяць тому

      Cant fix stupid!

    • @teresaesquivel2040
      @teresaesquivel2040 Місяць тому +1

      Their also selling Mexicans hella fetynal

  • @monicarenee7949
    @monicarenee7949 2 місяці тому +211

    Never understood the TikTok obsession. Continuing to stay off it

    • @aubreypassey6086
      @aubreypassey6086 2 місяці тому +7

      I’m with ya

    • @miked3841
      @miked3841 2 місяці тому +1

      My first thought is the freedoms of expression/speech as well as the press enshrined in the US Constitution. Perhaps that is why almost all social media platforms are blocked in China.

    • @jimk8520
      @jimk8520 2 місяці тому

      Just one remark on your thoughts. Show me where it says in the constitution that freedom of speech applies to a space that isn’t (owned by the) public.

    • @ArizonaSquatch
      @ArizonaSquatch 2 місяці тому +2

      It's actually a social media app designed for clocks.

    • @T-swizzle08
      @T-swizzle08 2 місяці тому

      Only in the West

  • @David-yg8ls
    @David-yg8ls 2 місяці тому +85

    New studies: Face Book and Google have been doing this for decades now.

    • @Theanonymousbystander
      @Theanonymousbystander Місяць тому

      Except those companies dont have an interest in using said power to weaken a nation in order for an easy acquisition like communist China. They DO have other self interests though that is quite threatening, but Tik Tok is scary good at dumbing the general population, especially Gen Z.

    • @Havre_Chithra
      @Havre_Chithra Місяць тому

      Lollll... right 😂

  • @mrjp8166
    @mrjp8166 2 місяці тому +230

    Why do we use TikTok here in the states when Chinese government don’t allow their citizens don’t. That’s insanity

    • @hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord
      @hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord 2 місяці тому +30

      It's china bro they don't allow a lot of stuff that's not a good argument.

    • @Love_N_Let_Live
      @Love_N_Let_Live 2 місяці тому

      ​@@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylordit is completely a good argument... C'mon man. You think we should allow a government that is causing multiple gen*cides, doesn't allow it's people to use any internet app/site that allows them to speak to the outside world, and is harvesting organs to sell, to just influence us freely?
      Please. Educate yourself. You should have decades ago, but it's never too late.

    • @rurumadd
      @rurumadd 2 місяці тому

      ​@@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord it actually is a very good argument.. how can we trust to use something that their communist regime doesn't even allow its own citizens?

    • @Dirtydinero69
      @Dirtydinero69 2 місяці тому

      @@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylordif the producers don’t consume their own products. There is a concern.

    • @SaltyGrub1475
      @SaltyGrub1475 2 місяці тому

      @@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord You're dumb. That is the best argument ever.

  • @briannafrye_67
    @briannafrye_67 2 місяці тому +107

    So other social media’s don’t do this? Everything online has some sort of influence behind it.

    • @IamNeighborlee
      @IamNeighborlee 2 місяці тому

      Wrong, the gov monitors this to keep us safe

    • @Researcher1-y2m
      @Researcher1-y2m 2 місяці тому

      Harris administration censored science of COVID jab and the side effects. Save democracy, stop Harris

    • @NotLikeUs17
      @NotLikeUs17 2 місяці тому

      Right? Mark Zuckerberg just told Congress the White House was essentially bullying over the whole covid19 stuff and that was basically instructed to expertise censorship. Isn’t censorship a form of influence?

    • @jimk8520
      @jimk8520 2 місяці тому +2

      Influence, yes. Whether it’s benign or not is a whole other matter.

    • @eddyr1041
      @eddyr1041 2 місяці тому +3

      This is influence of political interstate matter.

  • @muffmann
    @muffmann 2 місяці тому +16

    Oh really! You don’t say!

  • @CarmelaPattillo
    @CarmelaPattillo 2 місяці тому +27

    I don't see any of this stuff they are talking about on my TikTok account. I see recipes, people doing trends, etc. Mostly Americans.

    • @longdonpiano
      @longdonpiano Місяць тому +1

      They aren't saying they are using Chinese people to do it, they are using American influncers and profiles to influence people. Media literacy really isn't your strong suit is it.

    • @teresaesquivel2040
      @teresaesquivel2040 Місяць тому +4

      You dont need to be looking at trends or cooking to you need to be getting strong mind body and soul ur losing

    • @AnIndependentVariable
      @AnIndependentVariable Місяць тому

      Did you see antiblack racist David Murga on there ?

    • @Western_Decline
      @Western_Decline Місяць тому

      Your government wants you to hate China. They're upset it's not working.

    • @AishawithanEye
      @AishawithanEye Місяць тому +1

      @@teresaesquivel2040 Depends on what kind of cooking she's doing. You surely must know that your body needs to eat well to be strong.

  • @garaheboxer6763
    @garaheboxer6763 Місяць тому +1

    I am a filipino, and I can say that tiktok has ruined people's way of thinking here in the Philippines. It made people dumber in all ways....

  • @flemlion13
    @flemlion13 2 місяці тому +76

    TikTok isn't different from X or Facebook in that respect, just the people using it is different

    • @protow5041
      @protow5041 2 місяці тому

      If everyone has a media addiction it's not really an illness is it? Pretty sure that's the stage government is in right now as they check their their phones

    • @xiphoid2011
      @xiphoid2011 2 місяці тому

      except those are after your wallet, not a foreign government trying to spread propaganda try to destabilize the US.

    • @rewing4880
      @rewing4880 2 місяці тому

      Do they even teach English in American schools anymore. its are not is Einstein.

    • @estebanperez4171
      @estebanperez4171 2 місяці тому

      Wrong. Their algorithm bakes in pro-CCP propaganda.

    • @DaSixtyNiner
      @DaSixtyNiner 2 місяці тому +7

      It’s owned by the Chinese. It’s not the same as X and Facebook

  • @paulrivoire5794
    @paulrivoire5794 2 місяці тому +37

    All media are doing the same ... all coming from america are doing the same. You are all hypocrats.

    • @manuelzamora9676
      @manuelzamora9676 12 днів тому

      Incorrect. You can find information of the dark history of the U.S on social media including UA-cam. You won’t find negative information about the Chinese government on TickTok.

  • @MRBMN-zp4cd
    @MRBMN-zp4cd 2 місяці тому +10

    Oh but when meta and google do it it’s completely ok

  • @bengone153
    @bengone153 2 місяці тому +14

    Kind of reminds me of what Twitter-X, Facebook, and Google, also does for anyone with money to spend.

    • @Researcher1-y2m
      @Researcher1-y2m 2 місяці тому

      And for the Harris Administration censorship team

  • @ohheyitsnicol
    @ohheyitsnicol 2 місяці тому +6

    This entire situation is so unnecessary… I refuse to believe with everything going on in the world THIS is a focal matter. Let it go.

    • @MagnumCarta
      @MagnumCarta 2 місяці тому

      This is just some BS people are doing during an election year to give themselves bullet points to talk about when they themselves run for office (e.g. running for district representative or senatorial/gubernatorial election).

  • @onlineuser4506
    @onlineuser4506 Місяць тому +4

    You needed a "study" to figure this out?!?! HOW MUCH DID THIS "STUDY" COST!?!?!

    • @yelkley
      @yelkley Місяць тому

      Exactly. Need to pay people to study this when it’s been obvious and in our face from its inception. Education system is behind the times and very confused

  • @trusttheprocess5618
    @trusttheprocess5618 2 місяці тому +4

    OH you don’t say. This has been common knowledge since the start of that app and anyone who thinks otherwise are successes to the enemy.

  • @pearll7882
    @pearll7882 2 місяці тому +5

    AND ALL THE STUPID PEOPLE USING TIKTOK. WHY? TSK TSK. BOYCOTT TIKTOK AND FACEBOOK.

  • @Buttersausage
    @Buttersausage 2 місяці тому +18

    They won't even remove clips that are obviously fake AI OR MANIPULATED

  • @rickallen1908
    @rickallen1908 2 місяці тому +83

    Chinese government or an American billionaire. What's the difference?? It needs to be independently regulated no matter who owns it.

    • @Love_N_Let_Live
      @Love_N_Let_Live 2 місяці тому

      There's a big difference if you're educated. Guess what the #1 cause of death is for men under 40? Something that china makes.
      WW - 3 may be soon, and here we are allowing them to influence us and ship dr*gs into our country every minute...

    • @SaltyGrub1475
      @SaltyGrub1475 2 місяці тому

      Why what are you afraid of? I remember in the 80s my mother wouldn't allow my to watch movies, because I was to young to be subjected to it. Now all you lazy shtheels, want the government to raise your children for you.

    • @rexastorga3915
      @rexastorga3915 2 місяці тому +3

      exactly!!

    • @ChaoticGoodThings
      @ChaoticGoodThings 2 місяці тому +7

      One wants your money and the other wants your country and quality of living to collapse. I agree that it needs to be independently regulated no matter what and I also think that there is a clear difference between an American billionaire and an adversarial foreign government.

    • @rickallen1908
      @rickallen1908 2 місяці тому

      @@ChaoticGoodThings In reality it's the USA that wants to dictate human rights to China, while American billionaires take advantage of cheap labor. See the double edged sword on the mantle?

  • @graphitepencil6522
    @graphitepencil6522 2 місяці тому +35

    In India we don't use tik tok.our government has already deleted every Chinese apps 😂😂😂

    • @adamhuffman3354
      @adamhuffman3354 2 місяці тому +7

      Very smart! You have good leadership.

    • @ArizonaSquatch
      @ArizonaSquatch 2 місяці тому

      You're in a cesspool of a country.

    • @jaquanpowell4605
      @jaquanpowell4605 2 місяці тому

      You’re government also allows mass grape 🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @fuethao8633
      @fuethao8633 Місяць тому +2

      @@adamhuffman3354 LMAOO China is the least of India's worries. Judging from what's been going on in India lately, their leadership is worth much.

    • @GPWGP
      @GPWGP Місяць тому

      Delete Chinese app import department what a great idea

  • @User9781yt
    @User9781yt 2 місяці тому +65

    I refuse to download TikTok just because it’s Chinese ccp backed

    • @JosueFragachan
      @JosueFragachan Місяць тому +1

      Guess who said that before and now has it.

    • @ihatetoworkout
      @ihatetoworkout Місяць тому

      Then you need to refuse 75% of the products you use and consume on a daily basis, because everything is made in China.

    • @kingokafor6215
      @kingokafor6215 Місяць тому +2

      So is your phone

    • @squalley
      @squalley Місяць тому +3

      Own a smartphone? Then it’s too late #MadeInChina

    • @salvyballacc
      @salvyballacc Місяць тому +1

      Well I feel sorry for you lol. Such a petulant excuse. Ur missing out on good information where you wouldn't get anywhere els.

  • @weroliera
    @weroliera 2 місяці тому +28

    This has been going on too long. They should already have been shut down.

    • @AnIndependentVariable
      @AnIndependentVariable Місяць тому +1

      Just like Merideth Spriggs

    • @amaliacoria3063
      @amaliacoria3063 Місяць тому +1

      @Dingus99268 And? get one not made there, there are pleny made elsewhere

    • @GPWGP
      @GPWGP Місяць тому

      What about UA-cam?

  • @mwaririlyrics
    @mwaririlyrics Місяць тому +1

    new propaganda

  • @RealHowic
    @RealHowic Місяць тому +1

    I’ve been saying this for years now

  • @sybil3716
    @sybil3716 2 місяці тому +2

    why is this even a surprise

  • @kyungshim6483
    @kyungshim6483 2 місяці тому +3

    Ban it !!!

  • @bigdendepiccolo
    @bigdendepiccolo Місяць тому +1

    OLD news...🙄🤦🏼

  • @JerichoCasio
    @JerichoCasio 2 місяці тому +3

    This has been said for years

  • @nathanstoebe4647
    @nathanstoebe4647 2 місяці тому +38

    So let’s study it then, huh? I have roughly 8 hours a day of tik tok exposure, and I’ve developed unrelenting mental illness. If it means my health is on the line… oh wait? No one cares.

    • @naomirill
      @naomirill 2 місяці тому +3

      WTF

    • @IamNeighborlee
      @IamNeighborlee 2 місяці тому

      No one cares, I do.

    • @rickyayy
      @rickyayy 2 місяці тому +12

      Everyone I know who uses TikTok a lot is struggling in life

    • @MrPeterbs
      @MrPeterbs 2 місяці тому +2

      And the Chinese bots show up right on cue.

    • @HeavenlyBridegroomMusic
      @HeavenlyBridegroomMusic 2 місяці тому

      God cares
      Get back on track. Give your life to Christ. He careth for you. ❤

  • @azielaugust8349
    @azielaugust8349 Місяць тому +1

    But it not a problem when facebook and google does it. Please stop with your hypocrisy.

  • @Theanonymousbystander
    @Theanonymousbystander Місяць тому +1

    This should be obvious

  • @Vincent67337
    @Vincent67337 Місяць тому +1

    Of course they do.

  • @TheSithLord
    @TheSithLord Місяць тому +1

    Yep. Some of it says to keel yourself. It’s a dangerous app.

  • @brianmartin8514
    @brianmartin8514 2 місяці тому +3

    A world of smartphones and stupid people.
    Yep

  • @justdiane5
    @justdiane5 2 місяці тому +3

    Duh! 🙄

  • @darrellhinton6196
    @darrellhinton6196 2 місяці тому +2

    Duuhh, you don't need a stupid study for that, theirs is mostly learning, ours is stupid dances and trends😂

  • @MrPeterbs
    @MrPeterbs 2 місяці тому +11

    And right on cue, the Chinese bots show up to cast doubt on the story.

  • @Hollergirlohio
    @Hollergirlohio Місяць тому +1

    Ya think. Bots have already been proven.

  • @goldwing8569
    @goldwing8569 2 місяці тому +18

    The news media is just upset that breaking news stories always go to social media first. They don't like the fact that news stations are slowly becoming irrelevant. The death of actual good journalism doesn't help either.

    • @jimk8520
      @jimk8520 2 місяці тому +3

      The only reason that’s predominantly true is because social media doesn’t have the responsibility to check the accuracy of sources before posting. And even then, the media still gets it wrong sometimes. What does that say about social media? Fill in that blank anyway you like.

    • @Odinarcade00
      @Odinarcade00 Місяць тому +3

      Lmfao if you get your news from til tok you might be an npc 😂😂😂😂

    • @mikemadsen7926
      @mikemadsen7926 Місяць тому +1

      Movie industry fading television fading cartoon toys are all fading because the youth are to busy doom scrolling like zombies

  • @mikemarkle1080
    @mikemarkle1080 2 місяці тому +6

    I watched tic tok for a while and i turned it off,did not like the stuff.too violent, horrible content for animal abuse,just terrible what they put out,causing strife. It was also very hard to get rid of the app. My vote is to ban tik tok.

  • @scottyoungmusic175
    @scottyoungmusic175 Місяць тому +1

    this is not why they want it banned....people are making money own their own there and the gov dont like it. ive never seen any influence on my feeds. They dont want people to have online businesses

  • @velmaclario148
    @velmaclario148 Місяць тому +1

    Trust me the " young American minds " wont be influenced if anything we have to worry about gen X with facebook 😅

  • @sonnyca
    @sonnyca 2 місяці тому +3

    Not that it matters a great deal but where are their servers?

  • @DrPhilMM
    @DrPhilMM 2 місяці тому +2

    So are UA-cam, Google, Facebook and X. It's okay to US and western countries to do so, but not China :D

  • @bxst8450
    @bxst8450 2 місяці тому +1

    This has been a thing for years btw 😂 exactly why I never got it

  • @LM-MS
    @LM-MS Місяць тому +1

    Duh?

  • @blue_moon6490
    @blue_moon6490 2 місяці тому +1

    Their people aren’t allowed to use our social media.

  • @elipressman9267
    @elipressman9267 2 місяці тому +1

    Bruh 💀 the mainstream media is always so late to the conversation

  • @The_Quaalude
    @The_Quaalude 2 місяці тому +1

    You people just figured this out⁉️🤣

  • @twelve98
    @twelve98 2 місяці тому +9

    Never got any Chinese propaganda on my feed

    • @AishawithanEye
      @AishawithanEye Місяць тому

      It's how you get censored and what gets censored.

  • @HeavenlyBridegroomMusic
    @HeavenlyBridegroomMusic 2 місяці тому +1

    Yep

  • @Odinarcade00
    @Odinarcade00 Місяць тому +1

    Well if they weren’t before they are now 😂
    Anyone who believes differently is kidding themselves

  • @Witness.Professor
    @Witness.Professor 2 місяці тому +1

    China (through TikTok) is Google, Amazon, Facebook, Fox, Control Media Group, and Capital Funding.

  • @allandresner
    @allandresner 2 місяці тому

    Good reporting, thank you

  • @Himaintenance420
    @Himaintenance420 2 місяці тому +2

    "COULD BE"

  • @ShinjiKataoka
    @ShinjiKataoka 2 місяці тому +12

    Total BS excuse to ban Tik Tok. If that's the case, then ban UA-cam as well

    • @CarlosDanger600
      @CarlosDanger600 2 місяці тому

      AIPAC is a massive party behind the tiktok ban…

  • @sidology1.0
    @sidology1.0 Місяць тому +1

    The fact that yall wasted tax payer dollars to do a study on this, when we've been saying this for years, but ppl called us consoiracy theorists says a lot

    • @jonah1976
      @jonah1976 Місяць тому

      Conspiracy nutters have a very poor track record of being correct. Studies and research are much preferred.

  • @fonephix7222
    @fonephix7222 2 місяці тому +1

    I thought we knew this already...

  • @Actor_bad24IK
    @Actor_bad24IK 2 місяці тому +2

    Well,meta sells data to tiktok.

  • @seootea6679
    @seootea6679 2 місяці тому +1

    Really? You think??
    Wake up people this is old news

  • @SeekingBecca
    @SeekingBecca 2 місяці тому +6

    YOUR FYP IS WHAT YOU BUILT of IT, if you don’t search it you won’t see it . I’ve never seen anything
    Chinese in 3 yrs on my FYP.

  • @IIllIIllIIllIIll
    @IIllIIllIIllIIll 2 місяці тому +1

    This has been going on for a long time. I'm pretty sure most everyone has known this too

  • @danielszymanski-jw5kq
    @danielszymanski-jw5kq 2 місяці тому +2

    No really?? China wouldn't do that

  • @SimplySergMX_arts
    @SimplySergMX_arts Місяць тому +4

    Finally , tik tok is lame . How many people have died or hurt themselves by following moronic trends.

    • @GPWGP
      @GPWGP Місяць тому

      The American public is lame as well

  • @jonc6157
    @jonc6157 Місяць тому +1

    duh

  • @MarcYanruw
    @MarcYanruw 2 місяці тому +1

    That's not new

  • @mlyle1000mobile
    @mlyle1000mobile 2 місяці тому +1

    Yeah ok so tell me why you can start a new account on you tube and within the first week they are pushing hitler ww2 vids on you?

  • @unadorador
    @unadorador 2 місяці тому +1

    Was a study needed? 😂

  • @Ghostwriter78
    @Ghostwriter78 2 місяці тому +15

    Never understood Tiktok. What is so appealing about a website that only allows 5-10 second videos? What do people GET out of it?!

    • @lt.danicecream
      @lt.danicecream 2 місяці тому +5

      It's conditioning them.

    • @DontDooTooMuch
      @DontDooTooMuch 2 місяці тому +3

      Yeah TT is lame to me

    • @AutisticAntics
      @AutisticAntics 2 місяці тому +1

      Maybe if you knew what you were talking about, tiktok allows up to 1 hour videos by the way.

    • @moondoggie7478
      @moondoggie7478 2 місяці тому

      It started with Vine. At first it was just funny/wholesome clips, but then people got hooked on it, especially kids/teens. It's now immediate, endless 'satisfaction'. If they have a constant stream of dopamine, they're going to keep coming back. TT also has shops for people to buy from that overlay on videos and are tagged in links like on youtube. It's a gluttonous app. You can't escape it, much like product placement in movies and shows (i.e. coke/pepsi cans conveniently facing the camera). If they see whatever TT celebrity use it, they immediately buy it.

  • @OperationChicago
    @OperationChicago 2 місяці тому +1

    Tha problem is that there are more dumb people than smart people. You get tha government that you work for.

  • @sr2291
    @sr2291 2 місяці тому +16

    Circumstantial evidence.

    • @Love_N_Let_Live
      @Love_N_Let_Live 2 місяці тому +2

      100% false.

    • @davidchang9102
      @davidchang9102 2 місяці тому

      Circumstantial or not, everything in China is heavily "regulated" by the Chinese government. So, do you think the Chinese government is treating Tiktok differently? Not a chance.
      Google refused to let the Chinese government touch its data. This is why US-based UA-cam or Facebook are forbidden in China. The question should be why we still have this double standard where a China-based Tiktok app can operate in North America freely while a foreign app like Google Map or UA-cam can't operate in China without government oversight.

    • @garygone5234
      @garygone5234 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Love_N_Let_Live China Bot

    • @garygone5234
      @garygone5234 2 місяці тому

      @@Love_N_Let_Live china bot

    • @Researcher1-y2m
      @Researcher1-y2m 2 місяці тому +1

      US propaganda on the roll. It's safe and effective manipulation

  • @jima-op1sp
    @jima-op1sp 2 місяці тому +9

    circumstantial evidence, lol

  • @rogue1112002
    @rogue1112002 2 місяці тому +1

    who is surprised? no one.

  • @rovermiles1
    @rovermiles1 2 місяці тому +1

    Duh.

  • @c0rde1ia
    @c0rde1ia 2 місяці тому +1

    new study released the sky is blue

  • @spiritualclips
    @spiritualclips Місяць тому

    Hollywood and the music industry has been poisoning the minds of children and the entire world for years. Tiktok is the least of our worries.😂

  • @Cybr-zd8ql
    @Cybr-zd8ql Місяць тому

    Let's be completely real, even with this information being public, us Americans aren't going to do anything about it.

  • @inkmutation9466
    @inkmutation9466 Місяць тому +4

    Why use an app from a government that doesn't allow their own citizens to have such freedom of information. Think about it

  • @alexandrar9021
    @alexandrar9021 2 місяці тому +7

    Americans should have the freedom to decide what they watch and believe. The US government should have no control over the American people.

    • @hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord
      @hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord 2 місяці тому +3

      The government needs some control you just can't say zero. What about this drug problem we have with thr cartel? You think the government should just be like " let them buy all the drugs they want". A certain amount of intervention is needed and it should be limited but zero is not reasonable.

    • @Love_N_Let_Live
      @Love_N_Let_Live 2 місяці тому

      So you want us to just allow a country that is at war with us, to influence us freely? Please educate yourself on what china is doing.

    • @davidchang9102
      @davidchang9102 2 місяці тому

      Everything in China is heavily "regulated" by the Chinese government. So, do you think the Chinese government is treating Tiktok differently? Not a chance.
      Google refused to let the Chinese government touch its data. This is why US-based UA-cam or Facebook are forbidden in China. The question should be why we still have this double standard where a China-based Tiktok app can operate in North America freely while apps like GoogleMap or UA-cam can't operate in China without government oversight.

    • @alexandrar9021
      @alexandrar9021 2 місяці тому

      @hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord The US government can't even control the border. I do not want them to tell me what I can view or believe.

    • @DoYouBelieveX
      @DoYouBelieveX 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@Love_N_Let_LiveWe're not at literal war with them. They're still in many ways an ally to us and it'll always be that way. When tensions were rising a bit, NOBODY wanted it to be that way and were calling for peace between the U.S. and China. In any case, other countries are always influenced by other countries be it their history, politics or what have you. The line is very blurry when you talk about influence, most of the time the concern is someone betraying their own country. Yeah, brainwashing is a thing and social media does it all of the time. We engage in it, other countries engage in it to prop up the influence of our countries. Whatever topic is warranted in either being for or against TikTok in how the site is ran, this is a stretch. People have really complicated views of the world and there's stuff you can find on UA-cam as well as elsewhere that someone can call Chinese propaganda, U.S. propaganda or otherwise even if just a standard political video, or even books. Its in part why the U.S. still allowed printing of controversial material in the past and up till now, it's Freedom of Speech and even freedom of thought. With things like this I'll hold the view that whether you agree, disagree, become influenced or not by, that shouldn't be something that's up to the government. There's so many different types of things on TikTok especially on topics where people can freely express their views, many times people don't agree with their own government on certain things. The line is just too blurry for me to be okay with positions like this. You're not just talking about other countries on TikTok influencing others (which happens again, on every social media platform) you're talking about how social media is in general. Regulations and such is a different topic for social media. Though I'm not comfortable with my government taking positions like this when it's too close to being a Freedom of Speech issue.

  • @Allaiya.
    @Allaiya. Місяць тому

    No… I’m shocked. Shocked! /s
    And it isn’t just Americans. It’s meant to influence worldwide people.

  • @slippy6858
    @slippy6858 2 місяці тому

    Blaming another government for the actions of your own citizens is ridiculous.Why can’t USA Americans be more responsible for their actions?

  • @uncensorednerds
    @uncensorednerds Місяць тому

    I refuse to download Tik Tok because .... I'm 40

  • @ScottRiddleArtist
    @ScottRiddleArtist Місяць тому

    Discord is also controlled by the Chinese government by the way. Lol I do not have TikTok on my phone. But that’s more because it seems to be dominated by seeking Idiocracy.

  • @JamesBarry-j7m
    @JamesBarry-j7m 2 місяці тому +12

    Ban it

    • @sakuralovesasuke236
      @sakuralovesasuke236 2 місяці тому

      I don't think that's a good idea. I don't want them to band TikTok because people will be mad at it if TikTok gets banned on UA-cam Instagram, Facebook what the big idea it's it's not a good idea for China doing this to people like I don't want them to bandit, but it's not them, decide it's not you to get to decide on it. They should ban or not so stop demanding them to bandit. OK they're not gonna ban stuff like Instagram and stuff. It's not your choice. People let the government choose. It's not your decision to choose. will get banned or rather it will not we'll just have to see and find out, but not not it's not. It's not your decision. OK so stay out of it.

    • @sakuralovesasuke236
      @sakuralovesasuke236 2 місяці тому +1

      I don't think they're gonna ban it, but you do not make the choice of rather they band TikTok for good or rather they keep it. It's not your decision people let the government choose rather if they wanna keep TikTok or get rid of it not your decision let them choose what they can do with TikTok. OK not your decision people so stay out of it

    • @JupiterMoon777
      @JupiterMoon777 2 місяці тому +2

      You really believe that's why they wanna ban it?

    • @garygone5234
      @garygone5234 2 місяці тому

      @@sakuralovesasuke236 So says the China Bot

    • @Researcher1-y2m
      @Researcher1-y2m 2 місяці тому

      ​@@JupiterMoon777 They, being the US government already censored facts on Facebook, UA-cam, Yahoo, Twitter about covid jab science. They want to ban this because they don't bend to our government

  • @evandelgadillo
    @evandelgadillo Місяць тому

    I cannot believe this App is still alive and going in USA. Remember when Chinese banned UA-cam and made their own version? This situation is all bad

  • @iamyers02
    @iamyers02 2 місяці тому +1

    Duh

  • @jimk8520
    @jimk8520 2 місяці тому

    If you’re just now figuring this out, you’ve got a lot to learn.

  • @jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866
    @jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866 Місяць тому

    “Chinese chips taste better than regular chips”

  • @Shining237
    @Shining237 2 місяці тому +23

    Fear-Based Propaganda

  • @walkashland
    @walkashland 2 місяці тому +9

    As someone who’s used TikTok for years, this reeks of US propaganda. I’ve never seen any Chinese propaganda or even anything pro China on the app..

    • @MacrosFTW
      @MacrosFTW 2 місяці тому +2

      At least you can see through it. Twitter and Facebook are infinitely worse in terms of content moderation but owned by Americans so its a-okay. Twitter is probably the most egregious example because the algorithm boosts engagement on topics that create social divide like racism, politics, etc

  • @mrdgenerate
    @mrdgenerate 2 місяці тому

    We've BEEN SAYING THIS!!!!!

  • @lloydgarth1
    @lloydgarth1 2 місяці тому +1

    The previous studies had no influence on the government?

  • @arenam79
    @arenam79 Місяць тому

    its funny how all of Hollywood was making movies with Asians as main characters for a year just before tiktok completely took off..coincidence?

  • @DerekDAngel
    @DerekDAngel 2 місяці тому +5

    American government loves playing victim when throwing a fit doesn’t get them the results they seek 😂💯

  • @Johngoodman454
    @Johngoodman454 2 місяці тому +6

    Don't have it glad I don't you can't force anyone to sell though that's bullying

  • @WessyD123
    @WessyD123 Місяць тому +1

    this is like super old news

  • @vv-cv6ud
    @vv-cv6ud 2 місяці тому +1

    So what Facebook Google has been doing from last 2 decades

  • @tvil8
    @tvil8 2 місяці тому +1

    Fork found in kitchen

  • @frenchiesaparis5741
    @frenchiesaparis5741 Місяць тому

    All social media needs more regulation

  • @joepaolinelli7696
    @joepaolinelli7696 2 місяці тому +2

    Duh. Are you guys new here?

  • @leinadgaming247
    @leinadgaming247 Місяць тому

    They’re angry because they got caught😂