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TikTok and its Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-owned parent company, ByteDance, remains a serious national security threat despite a renewed push to force the social media video app’s divestment from the United States’ foreign adversary. President Donald J. Trump has signaled he is willing to give TikTok and ByteDance 90 more days to negotiate a possible sale to an American company—though it isn’t clear if the CCP and their proxies at ByteDance have warmed to the idea of parting with the app and its valuable content algorithm.
The National Pulse has extensively covered TikTok’s threat to the United States, including the CCP’s ongoing access to American user data. When a law forcing ByteDance to divest or face a ban in the U.S. was challenged before the Supreme Court earlier this month, the justices were quick to note that ByteDance’s refusal to sell the app despite the likely lucrative windfall was more than unusual and appeared to signal app was more valuable to China than just as a business venture. Ultimately, the high court ruled late last week to uphold the Congressional action forcing the app’s sale or ban in the U.S.
ESPIONAGE & PROPAGANDA.
In early January 2025, Rutgers University’s Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) released a new study indicating that the Chinese-owned video app is used to promote pro-CCP propaganda among American youth. The study, an update to a preliminary report published by NCRI last August, reveals a bevy of evidence that TikTok routinely downplays negative content regarding the Chinese state, Communist Party, and their history of repression when searched even by U.S. audiences…
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