TikTok

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Threats to Children:

CIA Director: Children Should Be “Really Careful” On TikTok, App Is “Genuinely Troubling

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/children-should-be-really-careful-tiktok-app-genuinely-troubling-cia-director

[That from Joe Biden’s CIA Director, not Donald Trump’s.]

and…

Every Parent’s Nightmare’: TikTok Offering Child Predators an Easy Path to Contacting Kids

https://www.theepochtimes.com/every-parents-nightmare-tiktok-offering-child-predators-an-easy-path-to-contacting-kids_5062107.htm

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Study: China’s TikTok Pushes Harmful Content to Teens Within Minutes of Joining

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/12/16/study-chinas-tiktok-pushes-harmful-content-to-teens-within-minutes-of-joining/

and…

Study Shows Social Media Use Changes the Brains of Teenagers

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/01/04/the-danger-of-tiktok-study-shows-social-media-use-changes-the-brains-of-teenagers/

and…

How TikTok has become a dangerous breeding ground for mental disorders

https://nypost.com/2022/03/12/tiktok-has-become-a-dangerous-mental-disorder-breeding-ground/

and…

TikTok has a massive child sexual exploitation problem

https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-tiktok-a-massive-child-sexual-exploitation-problem

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Indiana Sues TikTok over Child Safety, Security Concerns

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/12/08/indiana-sues-tiktok-over-child-safety-security-concerns/

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National Security Threats:

FBI director admits TikTok is a national security concern

https://thepostmillennial.com/fbi-director-admits-tiktok-is-a-national-security-concern

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FBI Director Chris Wray Says He’s ‘Extremely Concerned’ About TikTok Threat

https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/15/fbi-concerned-tiktok-threat-chris-wray/

and…

TikTok’s “secret operation” tracks you even if you don’t use it

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/10/tiktoks-secret-operation-tracks-you-even-if-you-dont-use-it

and…

TikTok Is “A Weaponized Military Application” In The Hands Of Our Kids

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/tiktok-weaponized-military-application-hands-our-kids-casey-fleming

and…

New York Times Journalist: Trump Was Right About TikTok

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2022/05/08/far-left-journalist-trump-was-right-about-tiktok

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Democrat Senator Admits ‘Trump Was Right‘ About TikTok

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/10/27/democrat-senator-admits-trump-was-right-about-tiktok

and…

Dems Brainwash Young Voters With Chinese Communist Party-Affiliated TikTok App

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/tierin-rose-mandelburg/2022/07/29/dems-brainwash-young-voters-chinese-communist-party

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TikTok Won’t Promise To Stop Transferring US Data To China: COO

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tiktok-wont-promise-stop-transferring-us-data-china-coo

and…

Expert: TikTok Can Monitor Keystrokes of Users in iOS App’s Browser

https://www.theepochtimes.com/tiktok-monitors-keystrokes-of-users-in-ios-apps-browser-expert_4681857.html

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This new tool that lets you see how sites track you says TikTok “injects tracking code that can monitor all keystrokes, including passwords

https://notthebee.com/article/this-new-tool-that-lets-you-see-how-sites-track-you-says-tiktok-injects-tracking-code-that-can-monitor-all-keystrokes-including-passwords-

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TikTok Bans:

Biden administration bans TikTok from all federal agencies’ devices

https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-administration-bans-tiktok-from-all-federal-agencies-devices

and…

TikTok Banned in European Union’s Governing Bodies Over Security Concerns

https://www.theepochtimes.com/tiktok-banned-in-european-unions-governing-bodies-over-security-concerns_5081060.html

and…

Trudeau bans TikTok on Canadian government devices

https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-bans-tiktok-on-government-devices

and…

These Universities Have All Banned TikTok From School-Owned Devices

https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/23/universities-banned-tiktok/

and…

Wisconsin, North Carolina Ban TikTok Over Security Concerns

https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/13/wisconsin-north-carolina-ban-tiktok-over-security-concerns-bytedance-china/

… &

Another Batch of States Joins in Banning TikTok from Government Devices

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/14/another-batch-of-states-joins-in-banning-tiktok-from-government-devices/

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The Chinese Communist Party Connection:

[See, also, the Anti-Freedom… section below.]

Gordon Chang: China Smiles As America Falls Deeper Into The TikTok Trap

https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/08/opinion-china-smiles-as-america-falls-deeper-into-the-tiktok-trap-gordon-chang/

and…

Gordon Chang:  It’s Time To Liberate TikTok Users From China

https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/10/opinion-its-time-to-liberate-tiktok-users-from-china-chang/

and…

CCP-Linked TikTok To Crack Down On Election ‘Misinformation’, Partners With China-Owned Biden Admin.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/17/tiktok-china-election-midterms-misinformation/

and…

Forbes Exposes, ByteDance Denies ‘300’ TikTok & ByteDance Employees Worked for Chinese State Media

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/jeffrey-clark/2022/08/15/forbes-exposes-bytedance-denies-300-tiktok-bytedance

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TikTok Bans:

These Universities Have All Banned TikTok From School-Owned Devices

https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/23/universities-banned-tiktok/

and…

Wisconsin, North Carolina Ban TikTok Over Security Concerns

https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/13/wisconsin-north-carolina-ban-tiktok-over-security-concerns-bytedance-china/

&

Another Batch of States Joins in Banning TikTok from Government Devices

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/14/another-batch-of-states-joins-in-banning-tiktok-from-government-devices/

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United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Vice Chair:
Corporate Complicity in Uyghur Genocide in China Is Comparable to Corporate Complicity in Nazi Crimes

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/12/23/uscirf-vice-chair-corporate-complicity-in-uyghur-genocide-in-china-is-comparable-to-corporate-complicity-in-nazi-crimes/

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Legal Consequences:

TikTok faces $28m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/09/tiktok-faces-28m-fine-for-failing-to-protect-childrens-privacy

and…

A $92 million settlement was reached in the class action lawsuit against TikTok and you might be eligible for a share of the money.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/tiktok-class-action-settlement-lawsuit-how-to-submit-a-claim/3405371/

and…

TikTok dances to the tune of $5.4m cookie fine

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/01/tiktok-dances-to-the-tune-of-5.4m-cookie-fine

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Censorship:  But only of some things

11 Pro-Free Speech Organizations ‘Permanently Banned‘ by Chinese Communist Party-Tied TikTok

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/gabriela-pariseau/2022/09/01/11-pro-free-speech-organizations-permanently-banned

and…

TikTok Employees Arbitrarily Decide What Goes Viral

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2023/01/23/tiktok-employees-arbitrarily-decide-what-goes-viral

and…

Hatred of Whites Tolerated, Celebrated on Racist TikTok Account

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2022/09/06/hatred-whites-tolerated-celebrated-racist-tiktok-account

and…

The Communist China-appeasing oligarchs at TikTok have kicked the platform’s ridiculous censorship apparatus into high gear to nix free speech from its platform.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/paiten-iselin/2022/09/09/censortrack-paiten-ccp-tied-tiktok-triggered-free-speech

and…

TikTok permanently removes conservative media watchdog MRCTV’s account without explanation

https://notthebee.com/article/tiktok-bans-media-research-centers-account-without-explanation

and…

TikTok is flagging accounts distributing video clips of 2000 Mules premiere in Vegas for “inciting violence

[No violence of any kind perpetrated by viewers or supporters of the 2000 Mules election fraud documentary has been reported anywhere in the country.]

and…

TikTok Bans Students for Life, Censors Pro-Life Free Speech

https://www.lifenews.com/2022/04/27/students-for-life-slams-tik-tok-for-banning-its-account-censoring-pro-life-free-speech/

… &

TikTok Lets Leftist Group Doxxing SCOTUS to Remain on Platform

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/gabriela-pariseau/2022/05/05/big-tech-lets-leftist-group-doxxing-scotus-remain

and…

TikTok BANS The Babylon Bee with no way to appeal

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-tiktok-bans-the-babylon-bee-with-no-way-to-appeal

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TikTok slapped The Babylon Bee with another warning for its “Pregnant Ken” video.

https://notthebee.com/article/tiktok-slaps-the-babylon-bee-with-another-warning-for-its-pregnant-ken-video

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TikTok just banned The Babylon Bee but this content threatening to kill Supreme Court Justices doesn’t violate their Community Guidelines

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1542908898000064517

and…

Report: TikTok Sidesteps Privacy Protections to Share Data

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2022/02/20/tiktok-sidesteps-privacy-protections-share-data-report

and…

TikTok Censors MRC’s Free Speech 34 Times!

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/tierin-rose-mandelburg/2022/05/25/censortrack-tr-tiktok-censors-mrcs-free-speech

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TikTok Scrubs MRC Video Accurately Criticizing COVID-19 Containment Measures

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/brian-bradley/2022/01/10/nomicron-tiktok-scrubs-mrc-video-knocking-covid-19

and…

TikTok Permanently Bans Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton’s Account

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/12/30/tiktok-permanently-bans-judicial-watch-president-tom

and…

FEE Journalist Says TikTok Censored Pro-Rittenhouse Video Simply As Harassment

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/11/22/fee-journalist-says-tiktok-censored-pro-rittenhouse

[ASND reminds readers that Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges brought against him.]

and…

Tik Tok actually censored our video about censorship.

https://twitter.com/BrentBozell/status/1450866400285790209

and…

YouTuber Courtney Michelle Reports TikTok Censored Her Video Criticizing ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/11/15/youtuber-courtney-michelle-reports-tiktok-censored-her-video-criticizing-black-panther-wakanda-forever-as-feminist-propaganda/

and…

Farmer suspended from TikTok after vegans reported him for noting that you need cow manure to grow vegetables

https://notthebee.com/article/farmer-suspended-tiktok-vegan-turnip

and…

TikTok deletes video of student documenting myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccine

https://reclaimthenet.org/tiktok-deletes-video-of-student-documenting-myocarditis/

… &

TikTok Diagnosis Videos Leave Some Teens Thinking They Have Rare Mental Disorders
Faulty self-diagnosis makes treatment a challenge; ‘We felt for a long time that we were competing with social media,’ one teen’s father said

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-diagnosis-videos-leave-some-teens-thinking-they-have-rare-mental-disorders-11640514602

Yet  TikTok refused to censor…

Child Hospitalized After Attempting Dangerous TikTok Trend

https://www.westernjournal.com/child-hospitalized-attempting-dangerous-tiktok-trend-firefighters-reveal-accident/

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Sexual & Anti-Social Depravity:

Four New York Teens Die In Car Crash Linked To Viral TikTok ‘Challenge

https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/26/teens-die-crash-tiktok-new-york/

and…

Private TikTok accounts harbor child exploitation content on platform

The illegal child sexual exploitation goes on in “post-in-private” accounts, which are explicitly forbidden by TikTok’s security policies but nevertheless exist in abundant quantity.

https://thepostmillennial.com/private-tiktok-accounts-harbor-child-exploitation-content-on-platform

and…

Man Training to Become TikTok Moderator Reveals the Sickening Thing Platform Does After ‘Removing‘ Child Sexual Abuse

https://www.westernjournal.com/man-training-become-tiktok-moderator-reveals-sickening-thing-platform-removing-child-sexual-abuse-report/

and…

China-Controlled TikTok Accused of Using Child Porn for ‘Training’: Trafficking Survivor Speaks Out

https://www.westernjournal.com/china-controlled-tiktok-accused-using-child-porn-training-trafficking-survivor-speaks/

and…

TikTok Is Ground Zero For Kids Learning About Transgenderism

https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/02/cbs-mini-doc-shows-tik-tok-is-a-ground-zero-for-kids-learning-about-transgenderism/

… &

TikTok is flooded with content promoting the adoption of transgender identities as well as medical procedures for young people with gender dysphoria

https://dailycaller.com/2022/09/05/transgender-social-media-teen-girls-tik-tok/

… &

Mark Driscoll temporarily suspended from TikTok for saying ‘men can’t have babies

https://www.christianpost.com/news/mark-driscoll-temporarily-suspended-from-tiktok.html

and…

TikTok Invisible Challenge “Unfilter” steals credit cards and other info

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/tiktok-invisible-challenge-unfilter-steals-credit-cards-and-other-info

and…

While TikTok has become most closely associated with teenage wannabe prostitutes shaking their assets for views, there are other indications that the Chinese-designed app might be intentionally working to corrupt the youth of America.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/tiktok-moderators-sue-after-being-traumatized-content-0

and…

TikTok will now force all users to adhere to transgender pronoun rules and other LGBTQ mandates 

https://notthebee.com/article/tiktok-will-now-force-all-users-to-adhere-to-transgender-pronoun-rules-and-other-lgbtq-mandates

and…

TikTok Was A Threat Long Before Its Crazed School Shooting ‘Challenge

https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/22/tiktok-was-a-threat-long-before-its-crazed-school-shooting-challenge/

and…

Doctors think teen girls are developing Tourette’s symptoms because of TikTok

https://notthebee.com/article/doctors-think-young-girls-are-developing-symptoms-of-tourettes-syndrome-after-watching-on-tiktok

[Anyone wonder why that is?  ASND thinks TikTok already knows.]

TikTok’s Algorithm Exposes Minors to Tsunami of Booze, Drugs and Pornography

https://www.westernjournal.com/wsj-tiktoks-algorithm-exposes-minors-tsunami-booze-drugs-pornography/

… &

TikTok Promotes Sexual Content, Drugs And Alcohol To Children, Investigation Finds

https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/08/tiktok-promotes-sexual-content-onlyfans-drugs/

… &

Report: TikTok’s Chinese platform enriches kids while US version dumbs them down

https://thepostmillennial.com/tiktoks-chinese-platform-enriches-kids-while-us-version-dumbs-them-down-report

and…

Human Smugglers Using TikTok to Advertise Illegal Border Crossings

https://www.westernjournal.com/human-smugglers-using-tiktok-advertise-illegal-border-crossings-report/

and…

TikTok Employee Allegedly Disciplined ‘In Retaliation’ For Suing Company Over Graphic Content

https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/28/tiktok-lawsuit-bytedance-graphic-content/

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Anti-Freedom / Fascism:

TikTok leads tech firms in tracking users, harvesting data

https://thepostmillennial.com/tiktok-leads-tech-firms-in-tracking-users-harvesting-data

and…

China-Based TikTok Employees Monitored Two U.S. Journalists

https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/22/report-china-based-tiktok-employees-monitored-journalists/

and…

TikTok’s Security Protocols Won’t Prevent China From Spying On American Users, Analysts Warn

https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/03/tiktok-security-protocols-not-prevent-china-spying-american-users-analysts-warn/

and…

TikTok Insiders Say Communist China Still Controls Direction of Company

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/12/10/report-tiktok-insiders-say-communist-china-still-controls-direction-of-company/

[And why is that a problem?]

Expert: China ‘Weaponizing’ Americans’ Personal Data

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-weaponizing-americans-personal-data-expert_4202763.html

… &

TikTok Admits Its Chinese Staff Can Access User Data In Other Countries

https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-tiktok-admits-its-staff-can-spy-on-user-data-in-other-countries_4840119.html

… &

Election Interference: TikTok Accounts Operated by Chinese Communist Party Push Divisive Videos About U.S. Politicians

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/12/02/election-interference-tiktok-accounts-operating-by-chinese-community-party-push-divisive-videos-about-u-s-politicians/

… &

TikTok’s Chinese platform enriches kids while US version dumbs them down

https://thepostmillennial.com/tiktoks-chinese-platform-enriches-kids-while-us-version-dumbs-them-down-report

… &

TikTok Got Caught Withholding Information on Data Sharing With China

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/11/25/tiktok-got-caught-withholding-information-on-data-sharing-with-china-n2616345

… &

Dem Sen. Warner says ‘Trump was right’ about banning China’s TikTok

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-sen-mark-warner-trump-was-right-banning-chinas-tiktok-warns-parents-letting-kids-app

… &

Biden Gave TikTok a Pass.  American Kids Died.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/07/biden-gave-tiktok-pass-american-kids-died-daniel-greenfield/

… &

FCC commissioner: TikTok collects Americans’ biometric data for China, influences what they see

https://justthenews.com/government/security/tiktok-collects-americans-biometric-data-china-influences-what-they-see-fcc

… &

Leaked Internal Audio From TikTok Shows U.S. User Data Accessed From China Despite Denials from both China and TikTok

https://www.dailywire.com/news/leaked-internal-audio-from-tiktok-shows-u-s-user-data-accessed-from-china-despite-denials-report

… &

TikTok Confirms Employees in China Can Access American User Data

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/07/04/tiktok-confirms-employees-in-china-can-access-american-user-data/

… &

TikTok imperils US business

https://nypost.com/2022/07/02/were-tikking-a-big-risk-tiktok-imperils-us-business/

… &

Many Chinese Apps Just Trojan Horses

https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2021/07/76630/

… &

Communist Surveillance Tool: Biden’s FCC Commissioner Asks Apple And Google To Remove TikTok App

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/eric-scheiner/2022/06/30/communist-surveillance-tool-fcc-commish-asks-apple-and

… &

China Using TikTok to Control the Minds of Our Children

https://stream.org/is-china-using-tiktok-to-control-the-minds-of-our-children/

… &

TikTok Can Sidestep Apple And Google Privacy Protections, Giving China-Based Parent Company Full Access To User Data

https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-can-sidestep-apple-and-google-privacy-protections-giving-china-based-parent-company-full-access-to-user-data-report

… &

TikTok shares your data more than any other social media app — and it’s unclear where it goes

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/08/tiktok-shares-your-data-more-than-any-other-social-media-app-study.html

… &

Daily Caller started a TikTok and within minutes had its first ‘community guidelines violation‘ for Ventura Report’s report on illegal immigration and drug trafficking

https://twitter.com/chrissyclark_/status/1486059688890449923

and…

Stop giving TikTok permission to steal your personal data

https://lifehacker.com/you-should-change-these-tiktok-privacy-settings-1848685959

and…

TikTok on the Prowl: Targets Media Research Center 18 Times, 15 Times in Two Months

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/gabriela-pariseau/2022/02/28/update-tiktok-prowl-targets-media-research-center-18

and…

Ashton Kutcher Warns Parents Against China’s TikTok Agenda

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/07/10/ashton-kutcher-warns-parents-against-chinas-tiktok

and…

Blackburn Grills TikTok On CCP Ties, Invasion Of Privacy: ‘You’re Making Our Children The Product

https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/26/blackburn-grills-tiktok-on-ccp-ties-invasion-of-privacy-youre-making-our-children-the-product/

and…

ISIS Using China’s TikTok To Plot Terror Attacks In The West.

https://thenationalpulse.com/news/isis-using-tiktok-to-incite-terrorist-attacks/

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