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'''TikTok''' is a [[social media]] platform owned by [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] company [[ByteDance]], which hosts user-submitted videos ranging in duration from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. | '''TikTok''' is a [[social media]] platform owned by [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] company [[ByteDance]], which hosts user-submitted videos ranging in duration from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. | ||
Despite being owned by a Chinese company, TikTok is blocked in China, where a similar app called [[Douyin]] is used instead. TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface but no access to each other's content. Their servers are each based in the market where the respective app is available. | Despite being owned by a Chinese company, TikTok is blocked in China, where a similar app called [[Douyin]] is used instead. TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface but no access to each other's content. Their servers are each based in the market where the respective app is available. | ||
In | In 2021, TikTok had over a billion users, including 70 million in the [[United States of America|United States]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Alan Macleod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why Is TikTok Employing So Many National Security Agents?|date=2022-04-29|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/nato-tiktok-pipeline-why-tiktok-employing-national-security-agents/280336/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826100307/https://www.mintpressnews.com/nato-tiktok-pipeline-why-tiktok-employing-national-security-agents/280336/|archive-date=2022-08-26|retrieved=2022-08-31}}</ref> | ||
== Censorship == | == Censorship == | ||
TikTok has deleted at least 320,000 [[Russian Federation|Russian]] accounts and | TikTok has deleted at least 320,000 [[Russian Federation|Russian]] accounts and labeled 49 as "Russian state-controlled media." [[Bourgeois media|Western state media]] outlets do not have warning labels.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Government connections == | == Government connections == | ||
Victoria McCullough worked for the [[Department of Homeland Security]] and had connections to the [[President of the United States|White House]] | Victoria McCullough worked for the [[Department of Homeland Security]] and had connections to the [[President of the United States|White House]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== NATO === | === NATO === | ||
[[Canada|Canadian]] Content Policy Lead Alexander Corbeil is also the vice president of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] Association of Canada. Feature Policy Manager Greg Andersen worked on psychological operations for NATO until 2019.<ref name=":0" /> Foard Copeland worked for NATO and the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]].<ref name=":0" /> | |||
=== U.S. State Department === | === U.S. State Department === | ||
* Christian Cardona, who worked for the State Department in [[Republic of Poland|Poland]], [[Republic of Türkiye|Turkey]], and [[Sultanate of Oman|Oman]], served as TikTok's Product Policy Manager for Trust and Safety from 2021 to 2023. | * Christian Cardona, who worked for the State Department in [[Republic of Poland|Poland]], [[Republic of Türkiye|Turkey]], and [[Sultanate of Oman|Oman]], served as TikTok's Product Policy Manager for Trust and Safety from 2021 to 2023. | ||
* Brad Earman, TikTok's Global Lead of Criminal and Civil Investigations, worked as an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] special agent for 21 years | * Brad Earman, TikTok's Global Lead of Criminal and Civil Investigations, worked as an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] special agent for 21 years. | ||
* Mariola Janik previously worked for the [[Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs]], [[United States Department of State|State Department]], and Department of Homeland Security. In September 2022, she became TikTok's Trust and Safety Program Manager. | * Mariola Janik previously worked for the [[Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs]], [[United States Department of State|State Department]], and Department of Homeland Security. In September 2022, she became TikTok's Trust and Safety Program Manager. | ||
* Katrina Villacisneros, TikTok's Recruiting Coordinator, worked for the State Department's Office of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and oversaw cyberattacks as part of the [[Army Cyber Command]] | * Katrina Villacisneros, TikTok's Recruiting Coordinator, worked for the State Department's Office of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and oversaw cyberattacks as part of the [[Army Cyber Command]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Alan MacLeod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=TikTok: Chinese "Trojan Horse" Is Run by State Department Officials|date=2023-04-13|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-run-by-state-department-officials/284353/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416052947/https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-run-by-state-department-officials/284353/|archive-date=2023-04-16|retrieved=2023-04-16}}</ref> | ||
=== CIA === | |||
Threat analyst Beau Patteson worked for the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and as a military intelligence officer for the United States. <ref name=":0" /> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Social media]] | [[Category:Social media]] |