{"id":1785862,"date":"2022-12-24T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785862"},"modified":"2022-12-24T10:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T15:18:57","slug":"gabriella-hoffman-tiktok-bans-to-protecting-farmland-how-the-ccp-is-being-put-on-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabriella-hoffman-tiktok-bans-to-protecting-farmland-how-the-ccp-is-being-put-on-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriella Hoffman: TikTok Bans to Protecting Farmland: How The CCP is Being Put On Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fgabriella-hoffman-tiktok-bans-to-protecting-farmland-how-the-ccp-is-being-put-on-notice%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=1785862&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\/e59078f4-653e-4508-8892-b972c947239d.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"isPasted\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses the biggest threat to the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Even the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the embattled intelligence agency,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/investigate\/counterintelligence\/the-china-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">understands<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0this, writing, \u201cThe counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">From the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/backgrounder\/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Belt and Road Initiative<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/08\/world\/middleeast\/china-saudi-arabia-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">forging<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0strategic alliances with supposed U.S. allies, the CCP and its leader Xi Jinping are more emboldened today with a weaker U.S. under President Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Why? The Biden administration, sadly, views China as a \u201cstrategic competitor\u201d and not a threat like Russia. The recently-unveiled National Security Strategy document\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/12\/politics\/national-security-strategy-joe-biden\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">claims<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, \u201c(China), by contrast, is the only competitor with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to advance that objective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the Biden administration downplaying the CCP\u2019s threat, red state governors and bipartisan members of Congress appear to be charting a different course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Growing opposition to TikTok, the popular social media platform owned by ByteDance, an a-CCP-owned company, is one of the few areas where elected Republicans and Democrats agree. And even\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/e873b98a-9623-45b3-b97c-444a2fde5874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">journalists<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0are recognizing its spyware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Due to this, a growing number of states and universities are banning it on state-owned phones and wireless networks. As of this writing, 16 Republican-led states\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/12\/21\/1144705804\/as-more-gop-governors-race-to-ban-tiktok-on-state-devices-a-federal-ban-looms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">have<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0issued executive orders. Universities and colleges located in red states are also aligning campus policies accordingly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For instance, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt\u2019s executive order banning the app on state devices prompted the University of Oklahoma to adopt a similar policy on university-owned devices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;In compliance with the Governor\u2019s Executive Order 2022-33, effective immediately, no University employee or student shall access the TikTok application or website on University-owned or operated devices, including OU wired and wireless networks,&#8221; David Horton, OU\u2019s Chief Information Officer, and Senior Associate Vice President,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StormeJones\/status\/1605340280693362688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1605340280693362688%7Ctwgr%5Ecde3c818c334ff8dadf8796b69f4b653c9a7c266%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Frestoring-america%2Fcourage-strength-optimism%2Funiversity-of-oklahoma-staff-students-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in a letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another development banning TikTok on government devices came last week after the U.S. Senate\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-tiktok-ban-us-government-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">voted<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0by unanimous consent to pass Missouri Senator Josh Hawley\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-04\/117th%20Congress%20-%20No%20TikTok%20on%20Government%20Devices%20-%20with%20Sponsors.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">bill<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, S.1143, or the \u201c<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/1143\/text?r=1&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No TikTok on Government Devices Act.<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d A similar Senate bill was also\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/hawleys-bill-ban-tiktok-government-devices-passes-senate-unanimously\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">passed<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in August 2020 by unanimous consent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cTikTok is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party. It\u2019s a major security risk to the United States, and until it is forced to sever ties with China completely, it has no place on government devices,\u201d Senator Hawley (R-MO)\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/hawley-bill-ban-tiktok-government-devices-passes-senate-unanimously\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">said<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in a press release. \u201cStates across the U.S. are banning TikTok on government devices. It\u2019s time for Joe Biden and the Democrats to help do the same.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely President Biden signs a bill outright banning the social media app altogether because he\u2019s leaned on TikTok influencers to promote his agenda across their accounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nevertheless, this is a good step forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not only is the CCP attempting to wield its influence through TikTok, but it\u2019s also deploying its affiliated companies to purchase acres of U.S. farmland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It was revealed a Chinese-owned company, Fufeng Group,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/01\/chinese-purchase-of-north-dakota-farmland-raises-national-security-concerns-in-washington.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">bought<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0300 acres of farmland in North Dakota situated 20 minutes away from the Grand Forks Air Force Base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This discovery prompted South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a rancher, to take action\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sd.gov\/newsitem.aspx?id=31923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to prevent<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0foreign-owned companies\u2013especially those tied to the CCP\u2013from purchasing farmland in her state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On December 13th, Noem\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sd.gov\/newsitem.aspx?id=31923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">announced<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the creation of a new board called the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States \u2013 South Dakota (CFIUS-SD) to \u201cinvestigate proposed purchases of ag land by foreign interests and recommend either approval or denial to the Governor.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWith this new process, we will be able to prevent nations who hate us \u2013 like Communist China \u2013 from buying up our state\u2019s agriculture land,\u201d Governor Noem\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sd.gov\/newsitem.aspx?id=31923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">said<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in a release. \u201cWe cannot allow the Chinese Communist Party to continue to buy up our nation\u2019s food supply, so South Dakota will lead the charge on this vital national security issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More states could follow Governor Noem\u2019s lead in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worrisome that foreign-owned companies tied to the CCP are entangled with American companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Daily Caller\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/12\/20\/exclusive-gov-youngkin-pulls-virginia-location-consideration-chinese-deal-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the Ford Motor Company, in\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/12\/15\/china-us-ford-electric-car-michigan-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">partnership<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), a Chinese battery manufacturer, was eyeing Virginia for a potential manufacturing site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Governor Glenn Youngkin reportedly\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/12\/20\/exclusive-gov-youngkin-pulls-virginia-location-consideration-chinese-deal-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">directed<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vedp.org\/about-vedp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Virginia Economic Development Partnership\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">(VEDP), the Commonwealth\u2019s state economic development authority, to remove his state from consideration for the potential manufacturing plant, the Daily Caller explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The publication describes how the Chinese company would work,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/12\/20\/exclusive-gov-youngkin-pulls-virginia-location-consideration-chinese-deal-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">writing<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, \u201cThe\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/12\/15\/china-us-ford-electric-car-michigan-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ownership arrangement<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0between Ford and CATL permits Ford to own the plant, including all buildings and structures, while CATL will have control of the factory operations and the technology used to build the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/11\/04\/ford-lobbies-biden-admin-ease-ban-chinese-ev-parts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">car batteries<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u201d This partnership would allow the future plant to reap massive U.S. tax breaks \u2013 including those offered by the so-called \u201cInflation Reduction Act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Will growing opposition to CCP spyware on government devices be enough for President Biden to act? How about Chinese-owned companies purchasing farmland and buying farmland strategically located near military bases?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unfortunately, that won\u2019t happen anytime soon given the vast Biden family\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/republicans-oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Interim-Staff-Report-A-President-Compromised-The-Biden-Family-Investigation-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">entanglements<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0with China. Therefore, Republicans must pressure the White House to act on the CCP in the 118th Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses the biggest threat to the United States.\u00a0 Even the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the embattled intelligence agency,\u00a0understands\u00a0this, writing, \u201cThe counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1785865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7126,6962,4929,4027,5458,8796,9891,9890,10998,6885,7042,11632,3819,6248],"class_list":["post-1785862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-ccp","tag-the","tag-bans","tag-being","tag-bongino","tag-farmland","tag-gabriella","tag-hoffman","tag-how","tag-notice","tag-protecting","tag-put","tag-report","tag-tiktok"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1785865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}