TikTok is a social media platform owned by 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.
In 2021, TikTok had over a billion users, including 70 million in the United States.[1]
Censorship
TikTok has deleted at least 320,000 Russian accounts and labeled 49 as "Russian state-controlled media." Western state media outlets do not have warning labels.[1]
Government connections
Victoria McCullough worked for the Department of Homeland Security and had connections to the White House.[1]
NATO
Canadian Content Policy Lead Alexander Corbeil is also the vice president of the NATO Association of Canada. Feature Policy Manager Greg Andersen worked on psychological operations for NATO until 2019.[1]
U.S. State Department
Foard Copeland worked for NATO and the U.S. Department of Defense.[1] [2]
CIA
Threat analyst Beau Patteson worked for the CIA and as a military intelligence officer for the United States. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Alan Macleod (2022-04-29). "The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why Is TikTok Employing So Many National Security Agents?" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ Alan MacLeod (2023-04-13). "TikTok: Chinese "Trojan Horse" Is Run by State Department Officials" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-04-16.