#PRC: The debate on banning Tik-Tok. Brandon Weichert, author of "Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower," The Shadow War: Iran's Quest for Supremacy, and the upcoming Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek,
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 28 March 2023
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#PRC: The debate on banning Tik-Tok. Brandon Weichert, author of "Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower," The Shadow War: Iran's Quest for Supremacy, and the upcoming Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/23/tiktok-ban-ceo-congress-hearing/.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBSI in the world. |
| 0:06.9 | I'm John Batsch, a Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, my colleague in co-host, and we're |
| 0:11.4 | very welcoming, Brandon Wyker, a man who is going to help me understand TikTok. |
| 0:18.6 | What I do not know is what the vulnerability is of the United States to Chinese bad actors |
| 0:24.7 | through TikTok, though I can pick up the drift from a headline in the Washington Post |
| 0:30.6 | after confrontation between the CEO of TikTok and members of Congress. |
| 0:35.9 | House panel grilled TikTok CEO for five hours about apps ties to China. |
| 0:43.0 | Brandon a very good evening to grilling for five hours is generally associated with crime |
| 0:47.4 | novels. |
| 0:48.7 | So what is the suspicion? |
| 0:51.3 | What are the details? |
| 0:53.2 | What is TikTok? |
| 0:54.2 | Good evening to you. |
| 0:55.2 | Well, good evening, John, and thank you for having me. |
| 0:57.5 | And hello again, Gordon. |
| 0:58.7 | It's a pleasure to be here. |
| 1:01.0 | The bottom line is that TikTok is more than just another social media app. |
| 1:06.6 | TikTok is a giant data aggregation collection unit for the people's liberation army, China's |
| 1:14.4 | military, as well as an influence operation designed by the Chinese government to undermine |
| 1:23.9 | our end sap, the vitality of our youth. |
| 1:27.2 | And it's working like a charm. |
| 1:28.7 | And I think the reason that this encounter between the TikTok CEO and Congress went on for |
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