{"id":2175501,"date":"2024-02-13T17:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unacceptable-house-china-committee-chairman-slams-biden-campaign-for-joining-tiktok\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T22:53:44","slug":"unacceptable-house-china-committee-chairman-slams-biden-campaign-for-joining-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unacceptable-house-china-committee-chairman-slams-biden-campaign-for-joining-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"House China Committee Chairman criticizes Biden Campaign for joining TikTok, deeming it &#8220;unacceptable"},"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\">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%2Funacceptable-house-china-committee-chairman-slams-biden-campaign-for-joining-tiktok%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=2175501&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>Rep. Mike Gallagher Slams Biden Campaign for TikTok Account<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Mike Gallagher (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Rep. Mike Gallagher \u2064(R., \u2064Wis.), chairman\u2063 of the House \u2063Select Committee on the\u200b Chinese Communist Party, strongly criticized President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign for launching a TikTok\u2063 account \u2062over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;If we continue down this path, \u200cwe will effectively\u2064 surrender control of our news \u200dmedia to a hostile foreign country,&#8221; Gallagher <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4465883-house-china-panel-chair-urges-biden-reverse-course-tiktok\/\"><span>expressed<\/span><\/a><span>  during a Tuesday interview on Fox News, referring to\u2062 longstanding concerns \u2062in the United States about the CCP \u200dpotentially accessing\u2064 and exploiting\u2064 American users&#8217; Internet data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden&#8217;s team <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/biden-joins-tiktok-platform-he-recognized-as-national-security-threat\/\"><span>released<\/span><\/a><span>  their \u2062first video\u200b under the \u2063username @bidenhq on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform, during the Super Bowl on Sunday. However, Biden has\u2064 already \u2063signed legislation prohibiting the use of TikTok on\u2063 all federal government devices since late 2022 due to national security concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;So here you have\u200c Biden&#8217;s handpicked advisers telling him that this is effectively a CCP tool\u2063 or weapon, yet he&#8217;s disregarding that,&#8221; Gallagher\u2063 said. &#8220;Why? To appeal to anti-Semitic 18-year-olds and\u2063 gain progressive clicks during the campaign season.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;That&#8217;s unacceptable,&#8221; added the \u200cWisconsin \u2064Republican. &#8220;I urge the president&#8217;s \u2062Gen Z\u200c TikTok \u2063adult campaign staffers to reconsider their actions in the interest of national security.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gallagher also mentioned \u200cIndia&#8217;s decision in\u200d June 2020\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/tiktok-turns-to-dem-lobbyists-to-fight-potential-trump-ban\/\">ban<\/a> TikTok, highlighting that &#8220;it wasn&#8217;t\u2063 the end of the world in India&#8221; after the ban. &#8220;They have a\u200c thriving tech and social media ecosystem [in India],&#8221; he stated. &#8220;And I\u2062 believe we should do the same, \u2062whether it&#8217;s through a ban,\u200b sale, or separation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gallagher&#8217;s remarks followed Sen. Mark\u2064 Warner&#8217;s (D., \u200dVa.) concerns about the Biden campaign&#8217;s embrace of TikTok. The\u200d chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/senate-dem-worried-about-biden-campaigns-embrace-of-tiktok\/\"><span>warned<\/span><\/a>  \u200cthat it could send \u200da &#8220;mixed message&#8221; \u200cand emphasized that the Chinese Communist Party not only gains\u2062 access to \u2063the data but \u2064also potentially influences the algorithms determining what users see.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the potential\u2064 national \u2063security risks associated with users&#8217;\u2062 data on\u2063 social media platforms like TikTok?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Iting user data on social media platforms such as \u200bTikTok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gallagher&#8217;s remarks come after the\u200d Biden campaign launched its official TikTok account on \u200bSunday, \u2062aimed at\u200b targeting a younger demographic. The move has raised eyebrows and sparked concerns \u2064over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifth-circuit-to-rehear-big-tech-free-speech-case-as-supreme-court-eyes-intervention\/\" title=\"Fifth Circuit to reconsider Big Tech free speech case as Supreme Court considers involvement.\">potential\u2063 national security risks<\/a>\u200b associated with TikTok, considering\u200b its Chinese\u2063 ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since its \u2064creation in 2016, TikTok has become\u200d immensely popular, particularly among teenagers and\u200c young adults. With \u2062over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-internet-users-mock-chinas-chatgpt-copycat\/\" title=\"Chinese Internet Users Mock China\u2019s ChatGPT Copycat\">100 million monthly active users<\/a> in the\u200c United States \u2063alone, the \u2062app has become a\u200b cultural phenomenon and a platform \u200bfor content creation and dissemination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, in recent years, \u200dTikTok has faced significant scrutiny\u200b due to \u2063its ties to China and concerns that the\u2064 Chinese Communist Party could access user data and\u2064 use the app as a tool for \u2062propaganda \u200band surveillance. The Trump administration took \u2063strict measures against \u200dTikTok, arguing that it poses a threat to national security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gallagher, as the chairman of the House Select\u200b Committee on the \u200cChinese Communist Party, has been at the forefront of efforts to\u200b address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-requests-congressional-intervention-over-wind-turbines-near-nuclear-missile-sites\/\" title=\"Air Force Requests Congressional Intervention Over Wind Turbines Near Nuclear Missile Sites\">potential risks\u2062 posed<\/a> by Chinese influence and technology.\u200b He has consistently called \u200bfor \u200bgreater scrutiny\u200b of Chinese-owned companies and their activities in \u200dthe United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In his interview \u2063on Fox News, Gallagher expressed concerns that \u200bthe Biden campaign&#8217;s\u2064 decision to \u200cjoin \u200cTikTok would further enable the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s access to American user data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-mocks-christie-more-likely-to-take-chris-christies-exercise-plan-than-his-fundraising-strategy\/\" title=\"Gaetz ridicules Christie: 'I'd rather follow Chris Christie's workout routine than his fundraising tactics.'\">potentially compromising national security<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s deeply concerning \u200bthat\u200b the Biden campaign is willingly engaging with an app that has clear ties to the Chinese Communist Party. This move not only puts the privacy\u2063 and security of American users at risk but could \u200balso allow \u200cthe CCP to propagate \u2064its propaganda and further its influence in our \u2062country,&#8221; Gallagher\u2064 stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the Biden\u200c campaign has defended \u2064its\u2063 decision, arguing that it is simply adopting the same tactics\u2064 as previous campaigns to reach voters, critics \u2062remain \u200cskeptical. \u200dThey argue that the risks associated \u2063with \u200dTikTok are too significant \u2063to ignore and that\u2063 political campaigns should prioritize national \u2063security over\u200c potential voter outreach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The concerns raised by Gallagher and\u2063 others highlight\u2064 the \u200congoing debate over how to address\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-must-immediately-fire-hamas-allied-official-put-on-leave-josh-hawley\/\" title=\"Hawley demands DHS to swiftly terminate Hamas-affiliated official on leave.\">potential\u2064 national\u200d security risks<\/a> of Chinese-owned technology companies. While some argue for \u200dstricter regulations and greater transparency, others advocate for a complete ban on\u200d Chinese-owned apps and platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the Biden campaign&#8217;s TikTok account gains traction \u200band users, \u2064the discussion around the risks\u2063 and benefits of engaging with \u2063Chinese-owned platforms will undoubtedly \u200bcontinue. It remains to be \u200dseen whether the \u2064concerns raised \u200cby\u200d Gallagher \u200band others will prompt\u2064 a \u200dreevaluation of the Biden \u200dcampaign&#8217;s TikTok strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What\u200b is clear, however, is that the \u200bissue of Chinese influence and technology in the United \u200cStates is a complex and multifaceted one\u2063 that requires careful consideration and action. The decisions \u200bmade in this regard will have far-reaching implications for national security, privacy, and the future of technology in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.), head of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, criticized President Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign for creating a TikTok account. 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