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Ted Cruz: “The Chinese Communist government uses TikTok, number one…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Ted Cruz on TikTok, China, the Ceasefire Deal, and Much More

Published | Video Starts at 30:29

If we are sitting here 91 days from now and TikTok is still live and China is still owning and controlling it, that will be a very dangerous situation because The Chinese Communist government uses TikTok, number one, for espionage and number two, to push propaganda. and to push very harmful content to our children. Harmful content that pushes self harm, that pushes suicidal ideation, that. That pushes substance abuse, that pushes anti Semitism and anti Americanism and anti capitalism. (30:29–30:36)

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