TikTok Is a Threat, Shut it Down

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

The Commander-in-Chief correctly says the Chinese Communist Party’s TikTok app is a national security threat. Yesterday, however, a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s order to shutter it here on the grounds that the CCP is entitled to take advantage of Americans’ right to free speech – effectively allowing the company to continue to gain access to their phones and private data.

Who’s right?  Consider this insight from Down Under. Another PRC company called Zhenhua Data has reportedly used social media platforms to “scrape” personal information from 2.4 million prominent Australians. Zhenhua’s CEO has reportedly endorsed waging “‘hybrid warfare’ through manipulation of public opinion and other ‘psychological’ operations.”

The Chinese Communists are signaling they won’t allow TikTok’s owner to go through with a deal with Oracle and Walmart that apparently would allow it to continue doing what Zhenhua has done. Neither should we.

This is Frank Gaffney.