The 'Tik Tok' War: The New Front Between America and China

 

The 'Tik Tok' War: The New Front Between America and China

 

A common definition of Cold War is that it is a war between two or more nuclear powers, but no nuclear weapons are used, and the main weapon in this war is "propaganda war". is the. In the world's two major world wars, every country used it according to that time, which is still being studied, but in today's modern era, the practice of fighting this war from the platform of new media technology has increased. The atomic bomb of the decades-long political war, which exploded with great popularity after its rise in 2017, quickly surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube in downloads in 2018. began to rule the world, which also created a new political movement in the world.

 

                  US lawmakers have approved a bill that could ban Tik Tok across the country. The bill passed in Congress would force the Chinese-owned company to either declare its independence from the Chinese government or sell the company to an American entity. If not, Tik Tok will be completely banned in the United States. The "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" was passed by the majority of the members of the Republican and Democratic parties. There were 352 votes in support of the bill and 65 votes against it. Now this bill will go to the Parliamentary Committee on Law and Justice after approval in the Senate, after which President Joe Biden will approve it and it will become a law and then Tik Tok will be permanently banned in the United States. On this, President Joe Biden has also made a statement that he will approve the bill only if it reaches his hand. Such a step has started efforts to buy former US Treasury Secretary "Mnuchin" Tik Tok.

 

China rejected the American accusations and said, "The United States will find this thing in its neck and it will fall on its face." Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, said, "The United States has not found any evidence regarding the national security threats of this app. Such tactics cannot be compared fairly in the age of social media. It is a private business matter, it has nothing to do with our country. The TikTok company is also banned in China itself. With this step, the confidence of the international capitalists in the media will be hurt, but if America wants to fight with us, remember that such a decision will be in its own secret like in the past. The Chinese media has also criticized the American decision. Many newspapers have published satirical cartoons. It should be noted that TikTok is banned in China like other social media platforms, but Chinese users use this type of app Duoyin. There is a group of social media army constantly monitoring.

 

TikTok is owned by Beijing-based Cayman Islands-registered "Bite Dance". If the US bill is passed then within 6 months TikTok will have to be sold. American app stores and pub-boosting platforms will block it immediately across the country. Last week, Tik Tok sent a message to its 17 million users, asking them to "stop the US government from taking away the right to freedom of expression". The Chinese House China Select Committee wrote a letter to the company and said, "You should avoid misleading American citizens in the name of the Chinese Communist Party." We do not support it. That's your business, not ours." Shuzhi Chi, the founder of Byte Dance, says, "My social media platform has confused the politicians of many countries. I have nothing to do with the Chinese government. The company is based in the US, its data is stored not in China but in Singapore and the US, which is 'routed' through a cloud infrastructure managed by an American company, Oracle, I opened a data center in Ireland, where the European Union The data handle of the citizens is working from 2023. I am not a Chinese citizen, I am a Singaporean. I am an entrepreneur. Hero

The reason why Tik Tok is bad

It did so with an executive order in 2020, which the courts blocked on First Amendment grounds. Now Trump's policy has been adopted by Biden. Montana enacted a statewide ban on the app in 2023, but a federal judge struck down the law on First Amendment violations. In 2022, there was another shutdown in the name of restrictions on American phones. The app was banned in at least 23 states in 2023. At least 50 universities in the United States blocked Wi-Fi and TikTok on their campuses, while the software of TikTok was removed from university computers. In March 2023, acting on the recommendations of the Treasury Steering Committee, the company's assets were sold. Nepal and India have also banned TikTok. This policy of India is based on its Arunachal Pradesh dispute. Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Holland, New Zealand, Taiwan, United Kingdom and many other countries in Europe including the European Union have banned the app for official phones. Pakistan and Indonesia are also running behind each other. The European Union is now going to be the next big test for Tik Tok. The European Union has already fined the company $370 million for privacy violations.

 

The Tik Tok war is the new front in the US-China rivalry. Washington has begun to work with allies to strengthen its front in the new war launched around the world. US lawmakers fear the social media web is being controlled by the Chinese Communist Party for its own secret plans. The Republican Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Marco Rubio, told the meeting that every company in China is controlled by the Communist Party. The world's best artificial intelligence algorithm, owned by ByteDance. It is also controlled by Tik Tok, who has the ability to read everyone's advanced mind. Their videos will read people's minds and make policies. Our country is in danger with this. Trade experts say that now everything from China is seen as espionage in America. Currently, there are similar apps with the names of companies like Chinese clothing. As: There are also Grindr apps. This includes a heterosexual dating app whose Chinese owner was forced to sell the company for $600 million due to national security concerns. Now the data of the same app is used to blackmail Americans.

 

Under normal circumstances, shutting down the company would be a difficult task, but this year is also an election year in the United States. When the President of the House is trying to capture 34 of the 100 seats of the Congress and the Senate, it is also possible that the issue will be resolved after the November voting, but if action is taken, even China will not give up. Sit down and Bite Dance will also challenge the ban in US courts. However, the social media war will rise even more now and start forming new allies in the world