John Cornyn: “Tik Tok is owned by a Chinese company which is required to…”

“But if I can point out one other thing you mentioned, Tick Tock, which is owned by a Chinese company. We know social media can be used also for propaganda purposes by our adversaries. And in this case, Tik Tok is owned by a Chinese company which is required to cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party under their military civilian fusion law. And so this is, this is another way that our adversaries can, can use this sort of irresponsible conduct in order to encourage others to commit acts of violence.” (03:58–04:09)

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