>>> I WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY
ST. PATRICK’S DAY FROM ME.
>> ME TOO, I HANG OUT HERE ONCE
IN A WHILE.
>> YOU EXPRESSED NATIONAL
SECURITY CONCERNS WITH THE APP.
WHY DID THE PRESIDENT AGREE TO
APPEAR IN TIKTOK VIDEOS.
>> WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS ABOUT
THE APP.
>> DOES IT SEND THE WRONG
MESSAGE.
>> I KNOW YOU WANT ME TO TELL
YOU MORE ABOUT THIS BUT I’M NOT
GOING TO GET INTO THAT.
MARIA: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
FACING BACKLASH FOR APPEARING IN
A TIKTOK VIDEO WITH ONE
DIRECTION’S NILE HORAN AFTER
EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE
APP AND A BANNING IT FROM
GOVERNMENT ISSUED DEVICES
TIKTOK’S CEO WILL TESTIFY TODAY
OVER THE APP’S NATIONAL SECURITY
RISKS.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS
REPORTING THAT U.S. STATE
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES ARE USING
TRACKERS DEVELOPED BY CHINESE --
THE CHINESE OWNED APP, WRITING
THAT THE PRESENCE OF THAT CODE
MEANS THE U.S. STATE GOVERNMENTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE
INADVERTENTLY PARTICIPATING IN A
DATA COLLECTION EFFORT FOR A
FOREIGN OWNED COMPANY.
LEE CARTER,S THIS COULD NOT BE
ANY WORSE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE TRYING TO COME
ACROSS AS IF WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES.
BUT YOU’VE GOT PRESIDENT BIDEN
IN THESE VIDEOS, DEMOCRATS,
OBAMA DOES TIKTOK VIDEOS ALL THE
TIME AND THEN YOU’VE GOT
INADVERTENT AGREEING TO ALLOWING
CHINESE FOREIGN APPS TO SURVEIL
IN THE COUNTRY.
IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
>> IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLLING WITH
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RIGHT NOW,
65% OF AMERICANS THINK THAT
TIKTOK IS COLLECTING THEIR
PERSONAL DATA, 75% THINK THAT
TIKTOK IS USED TO SPREAD FALSE
INFORMATION.
72% THINK THAT TIKTOK IS BAD FOR
MENTAL HEADLIGHT.
THREE QUARTERS ARE CONCERNED --
MENTAL HEALTH.
THREE QUARTERS ARE CONCERNED HAD
THAT THIS IS OWNED BY CHINA AND
WHAT CHINA WILL BE DOING WITH
THIS INFORMATION SO YOU’VE GOT A
REALLY BIG ISSUE AND YOU’VE GOT
THE OPTICS OF JOE BIDEN DOING A
TIKTOK VIDEO ON ST. PATRICK’S
DAY IS REALLY -- I MEAN, IT’S
EXTREMELY TONE DEAF, COMPLETELY
OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE CONCERN OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MARIA: IF YOU BAN TIKTOK IN
AMERICA, IT MIGHT HURT THE
DEMOCRATS.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE USING TIKTOK
AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
AAPPEAL TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET
THEM L OUT TO VOTE.
HE’S THINKING ABOUT POLITICS
ONCE AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE
TIKTOK THREAT.
>> HE IS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,S LESS THAN
10% OF PEOPLE ARE NOT AT ALL
CONCERNED ABOUT TIKTOK SO THIS
NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.
YOU CAN’T JUST SAY IT’S ALL
FINE.
I MEAN, IT WILL BE INTERESTING
TO SEE WHAT THE CEO OF TALK WILL
SAY IN CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
TODAY.
MARIA: I KNOW WHAT HE’S GOING
TO SAY.
I M MET WITH HIM AND I HEARD
WHAT HE’S GOING TO SAY.
HE’S GOING TO SAY THAT THIS IS
NOT A SECURITY ISSUE.
AND THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO
PROTECT IT AND THAT HE’S NOT
GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
BUT IT’S VERY WHAT HARD TO HARD
BELIEVE BECAUSE THAT’S THE LAW
IN CHINA.
>> THIS IS MAYBE NOT OVER LIKE
A BALLOON FLYING OVER THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS VERY COVERT.
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE
VERY CLEAR.
EVERY PART OF ME AS A PARENT OF
TWO TEENAGERS WANTS IT TO BE
BANNED.
BUT I’M GOING TO ARGUE IT’S TOO
BIG TO BE BANNED.
IT COUNTS FOR $500 MILLION OF IN
APP PURCHASES, $11 BILLION OF
ADVERTISING REVENUE LAST YEAR.
ADVERTISING FOLLOWS EYE BALLS.
THERE’S NOT ENOUGH PARTISAN
SUPPORT TO BAN IT.
DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT TO LET IT
HAPPEN.
YOU SEE THEY’RE USING THE
PLATFORM.
IT’S VERY SPLIT.
I’M ALL FOR IT.
READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
I POINTED IT OUT TO MY TEENAGE
DAUGHTER.
I SAID READ IT RIGHT THERE, IT
SAID IT’S COLLECTING ALL YOUR
DATA.
I READ IT AGAIN THIS MORNING.
SHE’S LIKE I DON’T CARE, DAD.
WHAT DOES IT MATTER.
THE 65% OF PEOPLE --
MARIA: SHE THINKS IT DOESN’T
MATTER NOW BUT IT MAY MATTER
LATER, DEPENDING WHAT THEY’RE
COLLECTING AND NARRATIVE THEY’RE
CREATING ABOUT HER.
I HAVE TO UNDERLINE WHAT I SAID.
THIS IS ABOUT POLITICS ONCE
AGAIN.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ON TIKTOK AND
THE DEMOCRATS DO NOT WANT THAT
BAN GOING INTO ANOTHER ELECTION.
>> YEAH, CERTAINLY.
A LOT OF THE DEMOCRAT
POLITICIANS ARE ON TIKTOK AND
THAT’S HOW THEY’RE REACHING
THEIR AUDIENCE.
I WANT TO TOUCH VERY BRIEFLY ON
THE 27 STATES THAT ARE IN
INADVERTENTLY PARTICIPATING IN
DATA COLLECTION.
THERE’S NOTHING INADVERTENT
ABOUT IT.
I HAVE RUN SOCIAL MEDIA ADS FOR
MY BUSINESS BEFORE ON FACEBOOK.
A PIXEL IS A LINE OF CODE THAT
SOMEBODY HAS TO KNOWINGLY AND A
MANUALLY GO INTO THEIR WEBSITE
AND PUT THAT LINE OF CODE IN
THEIR WEBSITE, SO THESE 27
STATES, THEY KNEW THEY WERE
ADDING THAT TIKTOK CODE TO THEIR
WEBSITES.
THEY CAN’T PLAY STUPID.
THEY CAN’T SAY OH, MAN, I HAD NO
IDEA THEY WERE WATCHING ME.
YOU PUT THE CODE ON ON THE
WEBSITE.
MARIA: THIS IS ALL BS.
THEY DON’T REALLY CARE ABOUT
NATIONAL SECURITY.