Kelly Armstrong: “ByteDance is owned by the Chinese. You cannot be that…”

“I believe that. But they use it for economic benefit. ByteDance does not. There's a reason Chinese kids aren't on TikTok. ByteDance is owned by the Chinese. You cannot be that successful in China without having direct relationships to the Chinese Communist Party. that is. Well, ByteDance is suing on the First Amendment, which we avail our court system to foreign governments all the time. But that's not. It's not a First amendment issue.” (06:27–06:36)

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