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Ted Cruz: “TikTok, when it was owned and controlled by the Chinese…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:20

But by the way, we see this in a very real illustration and the difference between let's say Twitter or X and tick tock TikTok, when it was owned and controlled by the Chinese government, its output was markedly different. TikTok was pushing propaganda, it was pushing anti American propaganda, it was pushing communist propaganda, it was pushing anti capitalist propaganda, it was pushing anti Israel propaganda and pro Palestinian propaganda. (08:20–08:27)

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Asserts that TikTok's content was influenced by the Chinese government.

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