{"id":1873150,"date":"2023-03-09T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-pledges-to-save-democracy-in-cringey-video-on-chinese-spyware-app\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T15:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:49:41","slug":"adam-schiff-pledges-to-save-democracy-in-cringey-video-on-chinese-spyware-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-pledges-to-save-democracy-in-cringey-video-on-chinese-spyware-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Schiff Pledges To \u2018Save Democracy\u2019 in Cringey Video on Chinese Spyware App"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fadam-schiff-pledges-to-save-democracy-in-cringey-video-on-chinese-spyware-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=1873150&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-->\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D. Calif.), pledged &#8220;save democracy&#8221; TikTok, a Chinese spyware app which intelligence officials claim is a danger to American democracy, was featured this week on TikTok.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Schiff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@adamschiff\/video\/7208379414759935275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the short video<\/a> Part of his Senate Campaign. &#8220;[On my way] to save democracy,&#8221; A caption is displayed on the 6-second clip that features club music.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest instance of Schiff, former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, disregarding intelligence officials&#8217; warnings regarding TikTok campaign. He <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/schiff-takes-to-tiktok-to-carp-about-ouster-from-house-intel-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first posted<\/a> In January, the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.) removed Eric Swalwell, (D..Calif.), and him from the Intelligence Panel. &#8220;severely undermined&#8221; Its national security mission.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Wray, FBI Director, told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that TikTok was illegal. &#8220;a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government.&#8221; Wray stated that TikTok could be used by the Chinese government to manipulate the content, in order for the public&#8217;s perception of Beijing on issues such as Taiwan&#8217;s sovereignty. Wray warned that China could control the platform. &#8220;screams out with national security concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, told Congress this week that China has potential to manipulate public discourse through TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not only a fact that you can influence something, but you can also, you know, turn off the message as well when you have such a large population of listeners,&#8221; He stated.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff, the man who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAdamSchiff\/status\/1116040227146084353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> The &#8220;hardworking men and women&#8221; FBI acknowledged that TikTok poses risks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think members of the government ought to use it on their phones. I don&#8217;t use it on my phone, I wouldn&#8217;t recommend others, so I&#8217;d like to see the federal government not use TikTok,&#8221; He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PHF71aBOZrE#t3m45s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> He said that he had warned his children last year. He claimed he had warned his children &#8220;to be very careful about your private data if you use TikTok on your phone&#8221; Because it &#8220;may not be secure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The White House instructed federal agencies last month to eliminate TikTok on all government-issued telephones. Congress passed a similar ban on members and staffer late last year. It is not known whether Schiff posted on the platform using government-issued equipment. Multiple inquiries to Schiff&#8217;s office have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/adam-schiff-pledges-to-save-democracy-in-cringey-video-on-chinese-spyware-app\/\">Adam Schiff Pledges To \u2018Save Democracy&#8217; in Cringey Video on Chinese Spyware App<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D. Calif.), pledged &#8220;save democracy&#8221; TikTok, a Chinese spyware app which intelligence officials claim is a danger to American democracy, was featured this week on TikTok. Schiff the short video Part of his Senate Campaign. &#8220;[On my way] to save democracy,&#8221; A caption is displayed on the 6-second clip that features club &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":1891618,"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":[544],"tags":[5156,9244,4117,19570,5521,5136,10011,5159,10579,4440],"class_list":["post-1873150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-adam","tag-app","tag-chinese","tag-cringey","tag-democracy","tag-pledges","tag-save","tag-schiff","tag-spyware","tag-video"],"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\/1873150","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\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1873150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1873150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1873150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1873150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}