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China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 US elections, the director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, has told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing.
Asked by Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi if China’s ruling Communist party (CCP) would use TikTok to influence the elections, Haines said “we cannot rule out that the CCP would use it”.
Lawmakers have long voiced concerns that the Chinese government could access user data or influence what people see on the app, including pushing content to stoke US political divisions.
China, Russia, North Korea, Israel, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and on and on and on… are using ALL social media (especially American social media) to influence EVERY American election for the past several years.
If it took you until now to realize that, it’s way too late.