Some saw it as a deeply important cultural issue, given TikTok’s appeal to the young.
Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas called the app an effort to “corrupt young Americans and teach them to hate their country.” , is “a registered foreign agent and Washington D.C.-based outpost of the main Chinese Communist Party television news outlet” has been using the account @NewsTokks, among others, to make TikTok videos attacking politicians , including Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, as well as Texas Governor Greg Abbott. to critique the United States on race relations and gun control.
“This is Beijing trying to influence American politics. TikTok [is] a dagger pointed at the heart of the United States,” he said. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Sen. Cotton responded to this latest revelation by painting a broader picture of the dangers of TikTok. “I’m not at all surprised to see the Chinese Communist Party take a page right out of the Russian playbook, but I’m disappointed that Congress has failed to act to prevent this from happening,” Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner’s office said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Following Russia’s interference in the 2018 election, I co-authored legislation to prevent foreign interference in American elections.
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