Author and professor Gordon Chang discussed TikTok's China-Russia propaganda push on 'Mornings with Maria.'
You know, there are two things going on here. Inside of Russia, TikTok has gone beyond Russian law to help the Kremlin put out its story. And, outside of Russia, what's going on is that the algorithm that ByteDance, which is TikTok's parents, because ByteDance actually manages the algorithm.
The algorithm is pushing out Russian disinformation within forty-five minutes of new subscribers signing up, and this is subscribers who are not asking for Ukraine information. So this is a real indication that China is using TikTok to spread narratives, and we know that China's used TikTok to spread Chinese narratives as well.
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