Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Tom Cotton ask US intelligence officials to determine whether TikTok poses “national security risks”
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@senschumer
Chuck Schumer
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TikTok's been downloaded OVER 110M TIMES in the US It's owned by a Beijing-based tech company It's required to adhere to Chinese law That means it can be compelled to cooperate with intelligence work controlled by China's Communist Party https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@hughhewitt
Hugh Hewitt
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When @SenTomCotton and @SenSchumer are acting in concert, stop and study what they are jointly saying, doing, asking for.... https://twitter.com/...
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@benthompson
Ben Thompson
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@CaseyNewton Notice they specify “remove content”. There is also “ensure content does not appear in our algorithmic feeds” which is conspicuously absent in their statement
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@sentomcotton
Tom Cotton
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.@SenSchumer and I are concerned about the risk Chinese-owned @tiktok_us may pose to our national security. We requested the Acting Director of National Intelligence conduct an assessment of this platform and brief Congress on his findings. https://www.cotton.senate.gov/ ...
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@drewharwell
Drew Harwell
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In new statement, TikTok says, “We are not influenced by any foreign government, including the Chinese government”: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... / https://www.washingtonpost.com/ .... Yeah, about that: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@moorehn
Hades N. Morbid
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Good example of “the worst person you know just made a great point” https://twitter.com/...
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@karlbode
Karl Bode
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I wish this level of enthusiasm could be applied to the flimsy privacy and security in the internet of things. It's a far more pressing problem. https://twitter.com/...
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@sarthakgh
Sar Haribhakti
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FINALLY, cant wait for all those cute TikTok stories to go sour very quickly now https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@shiraovide
Shira Ovide
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Related: Facebook has a bad habit of suggesting that any roadblocks to its business will result in China taking over the world. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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Zuckerberg's “we need to succeed to beat China” argument is timed for this moment https://twitter.com/...
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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Been waiting for this particular shoe to drop https://twitter.com/...