Does AOC stand for “Chinese Ambassador”?
Social media-loving socialite representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was scammed after she opposed a TikTok ban on Saturday — just days after a disturbing Capitol testimony detailing the corporate’s ties to China and lack of oversight of harmful content for underage users.
“Do I believe TikTok ought to be banned? No,” says a left-wing Recent York congresswoman in her first video on the controversial app. shipped early Saturday.
“The US has never before banned a social media company from operating inside our borders, and this app has over 150 million Americans,” she continued.
Ocasio-Cortez’s surprising defense of China’s popular video-sharing app comes because it sparked bipartisan concern over possible national security threats.
Lawmakers said they were concerned that US data would fall into the hands of the Chinese government and that the app might be used to advertise pro-Beijing propaganda and disinformation.
The Department of Justice can be currently investigating allegations that the corporate spied on several US tech journalists.
Despite this, AOC insisted that banning TikTok “doesn’t really get to the center of the issue” and as a substitute shifted the issue to US laws.
“Big social media corporations can collect very personal details about you that you just don’t find out about with none really meaningful regulation,” she said.
“The US is one in every of the few developed countries in the world that doesn’t have any significant data protection or privacy laws.”
Responding to an interesting argument, a senior member of the Recent York congressional delegation quipped to The Post: “AOC clearly stands for ‘Ambassador of China.'”
Meanwhile, a congresswoman from Queens/Bronx also toned down the alleged national security threats posed by TikTok, arguing that in the event that they were so serious, Congress would have received a secret briefing on them – which they didn’t.
“It just doesn’t feel right to me,” said the 33-year-old lawmaker.
TikTok is already banned from federal government devices, and Recent York is currently considering whether to follow the identical example for state government-issued electronics. It’s also prohibited in China.
AOC’s hot shot got here after TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was questioned by lawmakers in a closely watched hearing in the House of Representatives on Thursday.