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2024-03-13 21:58:18 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
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TikTok isn't owned by china but ByteDance is a chinese company. In the past, Chinese Governments have been accused of using influence to manipulate social media platforms. The US now believe this could happen with TikTok, hence the discussion with the senate. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/12/politics/us-intel-chief-china-tiktok-election/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/briefing/tiktok-china-congress.htm https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/136994/1/COMPROP_ChinaBotsPaper_11_InfoCommSoc_Paper%20as%20Accepted.pdf https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR4300/RR4373z3/RAND_RR4373z3.pdf https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/how_the_chinese_government_fabricates_social_media_posts_for_strategic_distraction_not_engaged_argument.pdf
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