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Jake Auchincloss: “TikTok is owned and controlled by the Chinese Communist…”

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

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Jake Auchincloss on social media regulations

Published | Video Starts at 00:35

TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, et cetera, and 170 million Americans, for example, get most of their or a lot of their media and information on TikTok. TikTok is owned and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. I don't think it's a Republican or Democratic issue. And in fact, it wasn't when we voted on this last Congress. (00:35–00:39)

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Asserts that TikTok is under the ownership and control of the Chinese Communist Party.

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