Why TikTok Promotes Anti-Israel Sentiment

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill banning the popular video app TikTok if the Chinese media company ByteDance doesn’t divest its shares. The app allows for the easy sharing of short videos and, thanks especially to its algorithms, wastes countless hours of time. But the more serious problem is that companies like ByteDance are de-facto organs of the Chinese government, and TikTok is already being used to surveil and collect tremendous amounts of data about Americans. Moreover, because the app works by offering up a stream of suggested videos to users, its programmers can amplify content with the political and ideological messages it favors. And that’s why Jews, and friends of the Jewish state, should hope the Senate approves the bill. Cole Aronson explains: