Adonis Hoffman
The Hill, Oct. 18, 2022
“As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Congress and the Justice Department continue to scrutinize Big Tech leaders including Facebook, Google and Amazon, they should not lose sight of the serious national security issues presented by TikTok, especially during election season.”
People are easy to dupe. Give us something for free and we will open the door to just about anything in return, including our most sensitive family, health and financial information.
The ancient Greeks knew something about the human psyche when they built a massive wooden horse and put it outside the enemy gates at Troy. Unsuspecting Trojans marveled at the gift and ushered it inside unexamined. Hidden in the horse were the Greek men of war who emerged to sack the city.
The Chinese know something about human nature too.
TikTok is China’s Trojan horse.
Enwrapped in millions of comedic, cute, and catchy little videos, TikTok has slipped in deftly under our defenses and found a home behind America’s security walls. It is a free, easy-to-use, app taking the world by storm, one naive user at a time. It was the most popular iPhone app download in 2021 and the most popular overall app downloaded globally in 2020 and 2021. There are over 78.7 million U.S. users, with a projected 90 million users in 2023.
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