Sen. Cruz: TikTok is Pushing Pro-Hamas Propaganda, It Is Designed by the CCP Government

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CRUZ: “We had the CEO of TikTok testified before the Judiciary Committee just a few weeks ago, and I vigorously questioned him really on two fronts I'm concerned about TikTok. Number one, I'm concerned about Chinese surveillance and espionage. TikTok is controlled by the Chinese Communist government. It has 170 million users in the United States and it gives the Chinese government the ability to monitor number one, what they're saying, number two, their physical location using GPS, number three, potentially what they're searching for and what they're doing with their phone. All of that is concerning. We also know that China has used it to target journalists in particular, going after them on TikTok. That's one set of concerns. A second set of concerns is the propaganda that the Chinese government pushes on TikTok, and pushes in particular kids, and I think it is deeply, deeply harmful. You know, you look right now at the Israel-Hamas war that is unfolding. Every age cohort of Americans when asked who's in the right, who do you side with? Overwhelmingly American side with Israel except for one age cohort, and that is 18 to 29. And we see TikTok in particular pushing pro-Hamas propaganda. I think it is deliberate. I think that is designed by the Chinese government. And so I'm glad the house is acting to -- to address what I think are very serious risks."