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''See also [[Conservative defense of TikTok]]''.

''See also [[Conservative defense of TikTok]]''.

'''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned video messaging app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021.  TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref>

'''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned video messaging app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021.  TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> ByteDance is the Chinese company that owns TikTok.

[[Biden]], in a tight race for reelection, proposed in March 2023 to try to ban TikTok, which hinders [[Dem]] efforts to exploit and mislead young voters.

[[Biden]], in a tight race for reelection, proposed in March 2023 to try to ban TikTok,<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/biden-tiktok-sale-china.html</ref> which hinders [[Dem]] efforts to exploit and mislead young voters.

[[Social media]] [[monopoly|monopolists]] are perhaps the most opposed to TikTok, and have the most to lose from its competition.  TikTok has pulled enormous traffic away from the [[Leftist]] [[Silicon Valley]] [[monopoly|mnopolies]].<ref>Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021:

[[Social media]] [[monopoly|monopolists]] are perhaps the most opposed to TikTok, and have the most to lose from its competition.  TikTok has pulled enormous traffic away from the [[Leftist]] [[Silicon Valley]] [[monopoly|mnopolies]].<ref>Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021: