{"id":1779439,"date":"2022-12-18T14:02:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779439"},"modified":"2022-12-18T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T19:02:59","slug":"gop-congressman-calls-on-americans-to-delete-tiktok-explains-dangers-of-using-the-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-calls-on-americans-to-delete-tiktok-explains-dangers-of-using-the-app\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressman Calls On Americans To Delete TikTok, Explains Dangers Of Using The App"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fgop-congressman-calls-on-americans-to-delete-tiktok-explains-dangers-of-using-the-app%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=1779439&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--><p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) called on all Americans to delete the popular video-sharing app TikTok from their devices because of its parent company\u2019s connections to the Chinese government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of The Union\u201d with host Jake Tapper, Gallagher expressed concerns over personal information and data that could be shared with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 100 million Americans use the app, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/tiktok-algorithm-boosts-posts-about-eating-disorders-self-harm-teens-researchers-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about<\/a> two-thirds of teenagers. When Tapper asked Gallagher whether they should delete the app, Gallagher replied, \u201cthey should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok is owned by ByteDance and ByteDance is effectively controlled by the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d Gallagher said. \u201cThe editor-in-chief of ByteDance, for example, is a CCP secretary and has talked about making sure all product lines, all business lines follow appropriate political control,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Should they delete that app?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They should.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) shares why he believes TikTok should be banned from use in the US. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSotu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNNSotu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNSOTU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNSOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zhfmz8O9lX\">pic.twitter.com\/Zhfmz8O9lX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1604480904268750848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-block-tiktok-in-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced<\/a> legislation last week called \u201cAverting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Party Act (ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act).\u201d It would ban TikTok in America. Gallagher and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) unveiled the same bill in the House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question we have to ask is whether we want to give the CCP the ability to track our location, track what websites we visit even when we\u2019re not using the TikTok app itself, and increasingly, since a large percentage of young Americans use TikTok to get their news, whether we want them to have the ability to selectively edit that news,\u201d Gallagher told Tapper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s as if in 1958, given that TikTok is on the cusp of becoming the most powerful media company in America, we would have allowed the KGB and Pravda to buy the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post all combined,\u201d he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two dozen of ByteDance\u2019s directors previously worked for Chinese state media outlets, and 15 employees currently do, according to LinkedIn profiles reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilybaker-white\/2022\/08\/10\/bytedance-tiktok-china-state-media-propaganda\/?sh=539fd5b1322f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In a Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/11\/10\/marco-rubio-ban-tiktok-america-china-mike-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> last month, Gallagher and Rubio warned that while TikTok promotes content with hopes of going viral, it could also be used to \u201csubtly indoctrinate American citizens.\u201d Then, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/gallagher.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/gallagher-ccp-can-use-tiktok-propagandize-young-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> last week on Fox News, Gallagher took issue with Americans getting their news from the app, saying the Chinese government \u201ccan propagandize young Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Senate unanimously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> Sen. Josh Hawley\u2019s (R-MO) No TikTok On Government Devices legislation last week. In addition, many state governments have banned the app on government-issued devices, including Iowa, North Dakota, Alabama, Nebraska, South Dakota, South Carolina, Maryland, Texas, Utah, and Oklahoma.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-do-have-national-security-concerns-fbi-director-warns-chinese-community-party-uses-tiktok-to-compromise-american-privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Homeland Security Committee House members last month that TikTok poses national security threats from the CCP.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThey include the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users. Or control the recommendation algorithm, which could be used for influence operations if they so chose. Or to control software on millions of devices, which gives it opportunity to potentially technically compromise personal devices,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump signed an executive order before leaving office that banned TikTok in the U.S. The order was never implemented following legal hurdles, and Biden revoked it in June 2021, replacing it with his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/06\/09\/executive-order-on-protecting-americans-sensitive-data-from-foreign-adversaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directive<\/a>\u00a0to protect the data of Americans from foreign adversaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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