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Politicians in both parties have started to become wary of TikTok, particularly accounts run by Chinese state-run media they believe are trying to influence American politics.
Republicans, like Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, believe the app itself is part of a greater attempt to 'corrupt young Americans and teach them to hate their country.'
There's specifically anger behind a company known as MediaLinks TV, 'a registered foreign agent' and Washington's outpost of the Chinese Communist Party, which has an account that often attacks Republicans.
However, it's not just Republicans who are angry at the video platform, with Senator Mark Warner of Virginia saying that the CCP is taking 'a page right out of the Russian playbook' to attempt to interfere in American elections.
Warner previously backed former President Donald Trump's efforts to ban China's TikTok app and warned staff may be able to spy on user data.
Politicians in both parties have started to become wary of TikTok , particularly accounts run by Chinese state-run media they believe are trying to influence American politics
Republicans , like Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas , believe the app itself is part of a greater attempt to 'corrupt young Americans and teach them to hate their country'
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has also been critical of the video app
American companies invested in TikTok have been courting and donating millions of dollars to Democrats, DailyMail.com has learned – just as President Joe Biden is pushing to let the Chinese social media app continue to operate in the US despite growing concerns about its real agenda.
Top Republican lawmakers and some federal officials believe TikTok is being used to steal consumer data and spread Beijing-backed propaganda to influence the upcoming midterm elections.
TikTok's parent company ByteDance has lured politically well-connected financial backers in the US after it plowed billions of dollars of investments into the wildly successful app that now has a billion users worldwide – including about a third of all Americans.
‘If you’re curious why Joe Biden and the Democrats have kicked the can on TikTok for so long, just follow the money,' Republican Senator Senator Josh Hawley told DailyMail.com
'ByteDance hires top Democrat staffers as lobbyists and their corporate allies donate millions to Democrats. This is the same company that won’t even commit to stop sending American data overseas to the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]. The Democrats’ cronyism is putting the American people at risk.’
TikTok's parent company ByteDance has lured politically well-connected financial backers in the US after it plowed billions of dollars of investments into the wildly successful app that now has a billion users worldwide – including about a third of all Americans
Trump along with other Republican lawmakers have raised privacy concerns over the app that is used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
'Well, I think Donald Trump was right,' Warner told Fox News reporter Shannon Bream. 'So if you're a parent, and you've got a kid on TikTok, I would be very, very concerned. All of that data that your child is inputting and receiving is being stored somewhere in Beijing.'
Warner added that TikTok is a broadcasting network - and if the Chinese Communist Party wanted to promote propaganda about the CPP and convince the younger generation that the country is apart of Taiwan, then they could.
Brendan Carr, commissioner of the Federal Communications (FCC) also called for halt of the app on Google and Apple earlier this year.
Carr posted on Twitter in June urging the tech giant to remove the video sharing platform 'from their app stores for its pattern of surreptitious data practices.'
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said that former President Donald Trump was right about TikTok and warned for parents to keep their kids off the social media app
Republican lawmakers have raised privacy concerns over the video sharing app in the past that is used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide
Warner insisted TikTok served as a broadcasting network and said that if the Chinese Communist Party wanted to push propaganda, then they could
The commissioner included a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple
