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Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok to Influence Minds of Americans and Push Anti-U.S. Propaganda
Breitbart ^ | 8 Jul 2021 | DAVID NG

Posted on 07/08/2021 4:11:19 PM PDT by conservative98

In a rare move for a Hollywood star, Ashton Kutcher has issued a warning about China, saying Beijing could use TikTok to influence the minds of Americans when it comes to issues like Taiwan and the South China Sea.

Ashton Kutcher made the comments during a recent appearance on “American Optimist,” the YouTube channel run by entrepreneur and investor Joe Lonsdale.

“If I’m China and I want to create a problem in that area of the world, specifically a naval problem in that area of the world, in the South China Sea, I would probably want to utilize TikTok in order to influence the minds of Americans in a anti-U.S. propaganda, anti-Taiwanese propaganda effort in order to make any kind of war from the United States extraordinarily unpopular,” Kutcher said.

Watch below:

TikTok is owned by China’s ByteDance. Last year, then-President Donald Trump sought to ban the social media app unless it was acquired by an American company. But President Joe Biden has taken a lenient attitude toward China and revoked Trump’s proposed ban.

“My sense as a fervent American is that it’s getting extraordinarily dangerous for not just individuals but for the country at large,” Kutcher added.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ashtonkutcher; bytedance; china; internet; tiktok; trump
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To: conservative98
“If I’m China and I want to create a problem in that area of the world, specifically a naval problem in that area of the world, in the South China Sea, I would probably want to utilize TikTok in order to influence the minds of Americans in a anti-U.S. propaganda, anti-Taiwanese propaganda effort in order to make any kind of war from the United States extraordinarily unpopular,” Kutcher said.

Not that I have any love for TikTok, but this is coming from the same Kelso who mounted his own propaganda effort in 2012 by producing that skin crawling video with other Hollywood parasites pledging to be a servant to Bathhouse Barry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kAw4OTlA0&t=234s

21 posted on 07/08/2021 5:27:49 PM PDT by Dahoser (I finally figured out what to call him: Fakephonyfraudident Biden. )
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To: conservative98

I’ve always thought Bruce Willis paid-off Ashton to keep Demi under control.

There was no other reason for him to be with her.


22 posted on 07/08/2021 5:31:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: conservative98

TikTok is spyware and it snoops your clipboard.


23 posted on 07/08/2021 6:16:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: conservative98

Even this idiot is smarter than President Retard.


24 posted on 07/08/2021 6:18:25 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: a fool in paradise

TikTok Snoops Your Clipboard Every Few Seconds, iOS 14 Reveals
Ashley King June 25, 20201
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2020/06/25/ios-14-tiktok-clipboard-snooping/


25 posted on 07/08/2021 6:18:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: NWFree

He plays a stoner idiot but didn’t he have some science degree in college or did he never graduate?


26 posted on 07/08/2021 6:19:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: a fool in paradise

We shouldn’t even be listening to him concerning our national security which is completely hosed.


27 posted on 07/08/2021 6:37:14 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: NWFree

Last year reports of police abuses and human rights violations in America were pushed online by Chinese and Iranian state media.

We are hosed.

The Left are evil and their supporters are idiots.


28 posted on 07/08/2021 6:43:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: conservative98

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29 posted on 07/08/2021 9:49:50 PM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter)
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To: conservative98

https://wentworthreport.com/2020/08/24/chinese-consulate-in-houston-intervened-in-us-political-movement/

Chinese Consulate in Houston Intervened in US Political Movement

Those technicians used [TikTok] to identify people who might participate in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) and ANTIFA’s protests and then created and sent them customized videos on how to organize riots and how to do promotions.

The purpose was to “weaponize” big data technology. It delivered relevant materials precisely to those people who were most likely to participate in the protests, while other people could not even find those videos.

Thus Trump closed the Chinese Consulate in Houston and deported the 30+ Chinese Communist Party spies.


30 posted on 07/08/2021 10:00:44 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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Dude, where’ve you been?


31 posted on 07/09/2021 11:46:38 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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