{"id":2201970,"date":"2024-03-19T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-cites-tiktok-funded-expert-to-slam-authoritarian-tiktok-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:17:49","slug":"nbc-news-cites-tiktok-funded-expert-to-slam-authoritarian-tiktok-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-cites-tiktok-funded-expert-to-slam-authoritarian-tiktok-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News References TikTok-Sponsored Analyst Criticizing &#8216;Authoritarian&#8217; Ban on 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\">22<\/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%2Fnbc-news-cites-tiktok-funded-expert-to-slam-authoritarian-tiktok-ban%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=2201970&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>\n<h2>A Deep\u200b Dive \u200binto the Funding of the Center for Democracy and \u200cTechnology<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>            \u2063 \u200d      \u200c   (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n   \u200b    \u2063 \u2062<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Amid \u2062the swirling debates over TikTok&#8217;s future in the U.S., NBC News spotlights a potential consequence of banning the platform:\u200d empowering global censorship. But \u200bthe story takes a twist with questions about the impartiality of expert voices\u200d in the debate.<\/p>\n<h2>The\u200c Funding Revelation<\/h2>\n<p>When examining the \u2064intricate\u200d web of \u2062global tech politics, NBC News spotlights a critical element in the conversation \u2014 finances. In\u2064 their recent expose, they illuminate the tangled relationship between the\u200c Center\u200d for \u200dDemocracy and Technology (CDT) and \u200cthe popular\u200b app TikTok, owned by\u200c China&#8217;s ByteDance.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a \u2064report titled, &#8220;A TikTok\u200b Ban Could\u200d Embolden Authoritarian Censorship, \u2062Experts Warn,&#8221; the\u2063 network draws on insights from Kate Ruane,\u200b a prominent figure at CDT. She raises concerns over the potential \u2063for other nations to mimic\u200b a U.S. crackdown\u200c on TikTok, thus eroding America&#8217;s stance on free\u200b expression.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet, what is not\u200c initially apparent is the financial nexus linking CDT and TikTok. With TikTok\u200c listed \u200cas a major benefactor,\u2064 donating over <strong>$100,000<\/strong> to CDT in 2022, eyebrows are raised about potential conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<h2>Bracing \u2063for\u200b Legislative Impact<\/h2>\n<h3>TikTok&#8217;s Response \u2064to Proposed Legislation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The platform isn&#8217;t standing idly by<\/strong> as the \u200dU.S. House of Representatives takes decisive action\u2064 against it. Leveraging \u200ctheir vast \u2063user base, TikTok stirred a campaign against the divestiture\u2062 bill, triggering a deluge of calls to lawmakers \u2014 some even\u2063 including startling threats \u200cfrom\u200d young users\u2063 fearing the\u2063 loss of their beloved app.<\/p>\n<h2>Political Contributions in \u200dQuestion<\/h2>\n<p>Questions mount as ties between TikTok lobbyists and political figures\u2063 like California&#8217;s Democratic congressman Robert Garcia surface. The disclosure of \u2064a <strong>$500 donation<\/strong> raises concerns over the influence of money in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-fox-news-reporter-peter-doocy-grills-jen-psaki-about-timing-of-coronavirus-restrictions\/\" title=\"WATCH: Fox News Reporter Peter Doocy Grills Jen Psaki About Timing Of Coronavirus Restrictions\">political decision-making<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The\u200c Dichotomy \u200dof Digital Rights Advocacy<\/h2>\n<p>Amidst\u200d this complex\u2064 scenario, the CDT, revered as\u2062 a \u200cdigital \u2063rights champion, finds itself in a precarious position with its opposition to the TikTok bill. By joining a coalition \u200dagainst\u2064 the bill, the CDT has \u200dhitched\u2063 its wagon to a contentious issue that\u200b pits civil liberties against national security.<\/p>\n<h2>Navigating the Intersection of Security and \u2062Freedom<\/h2>\n<p>The pulsating heart of this discussion lies\u200b in the national security implications versus the ideal\u2062 of free speech. U.S. lawmakers cite\u2064 ByteDance&#8217;s\u200c proximity to the Chinese\u200d Communist Party and its potential\u2062 access\u200d to vast troves of\u200c user data as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-claiming-no-social-contagion-among-trans-identified-youth-is-quickly-refuted\/\" title=\"Study Claiming No Social Contagion Among Trans-Identified Youth Is Quickly Refuted\">glaring red flag<\/a>.\u2064 The refusal of TikTok&#8217;s CEO to clarify data-handover protocols to the Chinese government intensifies the\u200c scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Despite CDT&#8217;s assertion of donor non-interference, the think tank&#8217;s acceptance policy\u200c opens the door for &#8220;restricted purpose&#8221; \u2064contributions,\u2063 further muddying the\u200d ethical waters.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Prominent Contributors to CDT<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just TikTok; tech behemoths like \u2062Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Google also appear on the CDT&#8217;s donor list, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspicious-home-biden-sold-for-1-2m-only-worth-1-65m-three-decades-later\/\" title=\"Biden's Home Sold for .2M, Worth .65M After 30 Years\">contributing significant sums<\/a> \u200cand adding layers to \u200cthe discussion on influence\u2064 and independence in the \u2063digital realm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC News Raises Concerns about US TikTok Ban Encouraging &#8216;Authoritarian Censorship,&#8217; Citing a Think Tank Funded by Over $100,000 from the Chinese-Owned App<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":2201971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/congress-considers-bill-to-force-sale-of-tiktok-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/congress-considers-bill-to-force-sale-of-tiktok-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201970","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\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}