before banned a social media company from existence, from operating in our borders, and this is an app that has over 150 million americans on it. reporter:aoc taking her pro- tiktok stance after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle grilled the company ceo over security concerns. earlier this month a bipartisan group of senators introduced the restrict act which would allow the federal government to ban foreign-produced tech including tiktok. the popular app is owned by bytedance, a tech company based in china. in addition to data collection, u.s. lawmakers are concerned about the app s effect on young americans mental health but aoc says the u.s. should focus on passing new data protection laws instead. listen. major social media companies are allowed to collect troves of deeply personal data about you that you don t know about without really any significant regulation what so ever. in fact, the united states so one of the only developed nations in the world that has no
and pushes poison to kids, i should join that and put out a statement. here s what she said in defending tiktok, chinese owned tiktok, on tiktok. watch. hey, everyone, this is rep aoc, alexandria ocasio-cortez, and this is my first tiktok. to do i believe tiktok should be banned? no. why should tiktok not be banned? first of all, i think it s important to discuss how unprecedented of a move this would be. the united states has never before banned a social media company from existence, from operating in our borders and this is an a app that has over 150 million americans on it. major social media companies are allowed to collect troves of deeply personally data about you that you don t know about without really any significant regulation whatsoever. in fact, the united states is one of the only developed nations in the world that has no significant data or privacy protection laws on the books and
-based controlled by its beijing communist based parent company, bytedance, and while based parent company, bytedance, and while tick tock mack videos provide and while tick tock mack videos provide people a new way for people to express provide people a new way for people to express creativity and a community with others, the platform also threatens the privacy and security also threatens the privacy and security at the american people and i m security at the american people and i rn not security at the american people and i m not convinced the benefits outweigh i m not convinced the benefits outweigh the risks it poses to americans in its present form. more than 130 americans in its present form. more than 130 million people in the united than 130 million people in the united states used tiktok every month, united states used tiktok every month, including lots of teenagers. tiktok month, including lots of teenagers. tiktok contains vast troves of personal tikt
theories. the coin of the realm. and antisemitism, you could call it the oldest conspiracy theory in the book. the idea is that the jews are, again, inventing covid 19 or trying to commit wide genocide. or trying to kill, fell in the blank, children. these are ugly troves that have persisted for centuries across cultures, across continents. and today, they are manifesting in this time. and all of it, all of them i must say are scary. and imagine a world that might not be far off, stephanie, where artificial intelligence is not just shaping our news feeds. it s literally shaping the world around us. and embedded with biases, and amplifying prejudices, in ways that might be invisible but absolutely terrifying. jonathan, i want you to talk to the people out there who might not pay close attention to these stories because it doesn t affect them personally. it doesn t affect their
where social media is shaping the minds and molding the public conversation, conspiracy theories. the coin of the realm. and antisemitism, you could call it the oldest conspiracy theory in the book. the idea is that the jews are, again, inventing covid 19 or trying to commit wide genocide. or trying to kill, fell in the blank, children. these are ugly troves that have persisted for centuries across cultures, across continents. and today, they are manifesting in this time. and all of it, all of them i must say are scary. and imagine a world that might not be far off, stephanie, where artificial intelligence is not just shaping our news feeds. it s literally shaping the world around us. and embedded with biases, and amplifying prejudices, in ways that might be invisible but absolutely terrifying. jonathan, i want you to talk