Posted on 07/25/2021 10:26:21 AM PDT by DFG
Penarczyk, who worked as a general counsel at Microsoft for nearly two decades, joined the controversial social media platform as its Head of Legal. The position makes him the “top lawyer” at the company and has him overseeing the U.S. and broader Americas region, including South America.
Penarczyk new employer, however, has deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok’s parent company ByteDance employs former Chinese Communist Party officials, including individuals with military ties, to executive roles and grants party members preferential treatment in hiring processes. Its founder has also pledged to use ByteDance to “promote socialist core values” and devotion to the Chinese Communist Party.
The app’s threat to national security and data privacy prompted the Trump administration to attempt to ban the platform from operating in the U.S. – an effort recently quashed by the Biden White House.
Penarczyk has donated nearly $20,000 to campaigns, all of which have gone to Democratic candidates, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). $10,000 of his donations supported the 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, including two donations worth $2,300 and $2,700 in the general election and one $5,000 donation during the Democratic primary.
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It’s happening.
ChiCom ooze.
This is not just a Democrat phenomenon. Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine received a gift of at least $5 million from Elaine‘s father. And the father has very close ties with the Chinese Communist Party.
Money can’t be you happiness. But maybe it can buy you lots of influence in DC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao#Controversies
The Dems envy the CCP. Make no mistake, they want to curry favor with the CCP and emulate them in every way possible.
What is “tik tok”, and why should I care?
I specifically use only YouTube, even with its vaginal-directed policies.
The times are a changing and always a chance to exploit the transition
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