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James Lankford: “When there was a comparison that was done of content…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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James Lankford Warns Of Foreign-Owned Social Media Platforms Influencing 'The National Conversation

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

This is not picking on meta, but it's gonna be a side by side with TikTok, who's not here. But this is just an example, side by side of content delivery from a company. When there was a comparison that was done of content delivery to individuals that were 35 and younger, from Instagram to TikTok uyghur content, it was eleven to one instagram, so tick tock hardly delivered it. Eleven to one that if someone was talking about Uighurs, Instagram was talking about it. TikTok wouldn't in Tibet, any conversations about Tibet, 41 to one, Instagram to TikTok, they tick tock just screened it out. (00:31–00:48)

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Asserts that Instagram delivered Uyghur content at an eleven to one ratio compared to TikTok.

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