State governments and public universities across the country ban the TikTok app from official devices because it belongs to the Chinese Communist Party and is considered spyware.
Still, Democrats are afraid to ban the app because their young voters love it.
It shouldn’t be a tough decision, but Democrats are prepared to put votes ahead of national security.
BNC News reports:
Banning TikTok would be ‘a slap in the face’ for young Democratic voters, campaigners warn
In the nation’s capital, the debate over banning TikTok has largely focused on whether the app’s Chinese parent company poses a security threat to Americans.
But behind closed doors, Democrats are also forced to consider whether blocking the popular video platform could come with heavy political costs.
In 2020, Aidan Kohn-Murphy took to TikTok to rally support for Joe Biden. Now he’s trying to use the platform to stop Biden from killing him.
“I’m not standing up for TikTok as a company, I’m standing up for my whole generation,” said the 19-year-old at Harvard who, as a high school student during the 2020 campaign, founded a group called TikTok for Biden. It has since changed its name to Gen Z for Change and was officially incorporated as a non-profit political organization and, according to Kohn-Murphy, it now includes 500 creators with a total of 500 million subscribers across multiple platforms. .
“If they continued to ban TikTok, it would feel like a slap in the face to a lot of young Americans,” he said. “Democrats don’t understand the political consequences this would have.”
Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York even acts as the champion of the application. Show:
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY): “Why the hysteria, panic and targeting of TikTok?…It poses about the same threat as companies like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.” pic.twitter.com/15dUchWfo4
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 22, 2023
Jamal Bowman:
“Republicans don’t have swag. That’s why they want to ban TikTok.” pic.twitter.com/E1HBFDjd5p
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 22, 2023
According to human events, more than 30 countries have banned TikTok on security issues.
But in America, the Democrats want to keep it. For kids.
This is madness.