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Jake Auchincloss: “Chinese Communist Party owns TikTok.”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

Jeffrey Goldberg, Meghna Chakrabarti, and Rep. Jake Auchincloss in Boston on America at 250

Published December 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:00:42

Well, it starts with just the observation that the three most powerful gatekeepers of news media and information in the world today, no offense, Jeff, are Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Chinese Communist Party and Margaret Lowe. Yeah, Chinese Communist Party owns TikTok. I think that's a problem. I think that's not a good thing. They treat our children like products and they monetize the attention spans of Americans. (1:00:42–1:00:46)

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