{"id":1930054,"date":"2023-05-13T02:42:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T06:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-has-supreme-access-to-tiktok-former-exec-alleges\/"},"modified":"2023-05-13T02:47:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T06:47:24","slug":"china-has-supreme-access-to-tiktok-former-exec-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-has-supreme-access-to-tiktok-former-exec-alleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-exec claims China has &#8216;supreme access&#8217; to TikTok."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fchina-has-supreme-access-to-tiktok-former-exec-alleges%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=1930054&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--><h2>Former TikTok Executive Claims App is a Propaganda Tool for Chinese Communist Party<\/h2>\n<h3>Allegations of Pro-Beijing Propaganda<\/h3>\n<p>A former executive at TikTok parent company ByteDance has filed a lawsuit claiming that the Chinese Communist Party uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-did-gen-z-turn-out-to-vote-for-democrats-and-against-their-own-interests\/\" title=\"Why Did Gen Z Turn Out To Vote For Democrats And Against Their Own Interests?\">popular social media site<\/a> as a &#8220;useful propaganda tool.&#8221; Yintao Yu, who led ByteDance&#8217;s engineering operations in the United States until 2018, alleges that Chinese Communist Party officials have &#8220;supreme access&#8221; to TikTok and use it to spread pro-Beijing messages.<\/p>\n<p>Yu is suing ByteDance for wrongful termination after he blew the whistle on the company&#8217;s &#8220;worldwide scheme&#8221; to steal technology from its competitors. The New York Times reports that ByteDance fired Yu for his actions.<\/p>\n<h3>TikTok&#8217;s Lobbying Efforts<\/h3>\n<p>The Biden administration is currently considering a ban on TikTok over concerns that the Chinese government could use the app to surveil Americans and spread propaganda. TikTok has hired lobbyists and consulting firms to avoid a ban, with TikTok lobbyists visiting the White House more than 40 times since last year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-spokesman-matthew-miller-advised-chinese-crypto-exchange-under-federal-investigation\/\" title=\"State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller Advised Chinese Crypto Exchange Under Federal Investigation\">company recently hired<\/a> the Democratic consulting firm SKDK to provide &#8220;communications support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition to a TikTok Ban<\/h3>\n<p>Many Democrats oppose a TikTok ban, citing the app&#8217;s popularity with young, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-balk-at-passing-major-gun-control-reforms-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"Virginia Dems Balk at Passing Major Gun-Control Reforms Ahead of Election\u00a0\">liberal voters<\/a>. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has said that a ban could result in losing &#8220;every voter under 35, forever.&#8221; Representatives Jamaal Bowman and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also oppose the ban, claiming they have not seen evidence of China using TikTok for surveillance or propaganda.<\/p>\n<h3>Claims of Communist Party Control<\/h3>\n<p>Yu alleges that ByteDance maintains a special unit in Beijing made up of Chinese Communist Party members who oversee content on TikTok. He claims that the unit &#8220;guided how the company advanced core Communist values&#8221; and had &#8220;supreme access to all the company data,&#8221; including data stored in the United States. Yu says he witnessed the propaganda initiative firsthand, with ByteDance engineers promoting anti-Japanese content and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-has-supreme-access-to-tiktok-former-exec-alleges\/\" title=\"Ex-exec claims China has 'supreme access' to TikTok.\">demoting posts expressing solidarity<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-u-s-preparing-additional-actions-over-myanmar-military-coup\/\" title=\"White House: U.S. preparing \u2018additional actions\u2019 over Myanmar military coup\">pro-democracy protesters<\/a> in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TikTok is accused of being a propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party<\/li>\n<li>A former executive at ByteDance claims that the party has &#8220;supreme access&#8221; to the app<\/li>\n<li>The Biden administration is considering a ban on TikTok over concerns of surveillance and propaganda<\/li>\n<li>TikTok has hired lobbyists and consulting firms to avoid a ban<\/li>\n<li>Many Democrats oppose a ban, citing the app&#8217;s popularity with young, liberal voters<\/li>\n<li>ByteDance allegedly maintains a special unit in Beijing made up of Communist Party members who oversee content on TikTok<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>App is a &#8216;useful propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party,&#8217; lawsuit claims Chinese president Xi Jinping and the TikTok logo A former executive at TikTok parent company ByteDance says Chinese Communist Party officials have &#8220;supreme access&#8221; to the popular social media site and use it to spread pro-Beijing propaganda. 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