{"id":1762240,"date":"2022-12-04T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762240"},"modified":"2022-12-04T10:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T15:33:22","slug":"chinese-govt-promoted-anti-gop-propaganda-on-tiktok-prior-to-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-govt-promoted-anti-gop-propaganda-on-tiktok-prior-to-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Govt Promoted Anti-GOP Propaganda on TikTok Prior to Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-govt-promoted-anti-gop-propaganda-on-tiktok-prior-to-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BIZ-CPT-TIKTOK-DMT.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Chinese government propaganda outlet is quietly pushing content about U.S. politics over TikTok even as U.S. officials work with its Chinese ownership to address mounting national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Some in the U.S. government <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/11\/us-govt-should-ban-tiktok-fcc-commissioner-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have long warned<\/a> that TikTok, the first foreign social media service to take hold in the country, could be used by the Chinese Communist Party to spy on American data or influence culture through content recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is currently negotiating a contract with TikTok aimed at resolving national security concerns without requiring its Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, to sell the hugely popular app, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/26\/technology\/tiktok-national-security-china.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported by<\/a> the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Now Forbes has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilybaker-white\/2022\/11\/30\/tiktok-chinese-state-media-divisive-politics\/?sh=4cc580874bf0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> an account racking up millions of views with politically charged coverage of U.S. news, and it\u2019s run by a U.S.-based branch of the CCP\u2019s main TV broadcaster, China Central Television.<\/p>\n<p>The account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newstokss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NewsToks<\/a>, mainly posted negative content about Republicans and positive content about Democrats leading to the 2022 midterm elections. A July video was captioned \u201cCruz, Abbott Don\u2019t Care About Us\u201d and another from October was titled \u201cRubio Has Done Absolutely Nothing,\u201d Forbes reported.<\/p>\n<p>One video that targeted Democrats asked viewers whether it was a \u201cpolitical manipulation tactic\u201d for President Joe Biden to promise a bill codifying abortion rights. Another recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newstokss\/video\/7163707161816845614?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> describes why Native Americans don\u2019t trust the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn posts discovered by Forbes said the account had drawn 8.3 million views in a 60-day period. Other accounts that traced to the CCP that posted about sustainability and Chinese culture drew nearly 15 million views combined.<\/p>\n<p>NewsToks\u2019 connection to China is easily missed in its bio section, which reads: \u201cMaterial distributed by MediaLinks TV, LLC for CCTV.\u201d The abbreviation \u201cCCTV\u201d is not widely recognized in the U.S., and users have to navigate to the account\u2019s bio section to see it. On U.S.-based social media services like Twitter and Facebook, state affiliation is indicated directly on each post by a government-run account.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Forbes, TikTok said it was working on the issue. \u201cWe plan to introduce our state-controlled media policy and corresponding labels globally next year as part of our continued focus on media literacy. As we previously confirmed, the global rollout will include China state media,\u201d spokesperson Jamie Favazza told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, TikTok\u2019s head of public policy for the Americas, Michael Beckerman, went on CNN and <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/reliable-sources-with-brian-stelter\/tiktok-under-scrutiny-top-executive-responds-to-co\">downp<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/reliable-sources-with-brian-stelter\/tiktok-under-scrutiny-top-executive-responds-to-co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">l<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/reliable-sources-with-brian-stelter\/tiktok-under-scrutiny-top-executive-responds-to-co\">ayed<\/a> the influence of foreign content on the app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Host Brian Stelter asked him whether the Chinese government could \u201cinfluence Americans\u2019 commercial, cultural, or political behavior\u201d through TikTok, and Beckerman responded, \u201cYeah, I just don\u2019t see that.\u201d But on the same day, NewsToks posted two videos about police officers killing an unarmed black man and four about mass shootings, including one called \u201cA Uniquely American Plague,\u201d Forbes reported.<\/p>\n<p>On the day Forbes\u2019 report was published, NewsToks hadn\u2019t made a post in nine days. Its most recent posts were about the World Cup in Qatar, the legal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newstokss\/video\/7168964093393784110?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">status<\/a> of capital punishment in the U.S., and the Colorado Springs nightclub <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newstokss\/video\/7168889973528169770?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese government propaganda outlet is quietly pushing content about U.S. politics over TikTok even as U.S. officials work with its Chinese ownership to address mounting national security concerns. 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