%%Post image thumbnail below.%%  # Episode Overview > - **Date Aired:** [[12-16-2023]] > - **Title:** The Political TikTok Formula > - **Episode:** 271 > - **Description:** 'There's a huge demand for being spoken to in a normal tone of voice.' - Jeff Jackson, D-NC > - **Link:** <https://rumble.com/v41o23n-big-dig-energy-271-the-political-tiktok-formula.html> %%<https://historydraft.com/happened/what-happened/1-January/world>%% ## Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v3z2oot/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> ## Greetings & Announcements 1. Digs for the remainder of the year: - The History of US Executive orders - Piers Morgan - Robert Maxwell/Tetris - ~~The Political TikTok Formula (Jeff Jackson)~~ - RFK Jr. - JFK/AIPAC - 2023 Year In Review ## Segments ### TikTok Hearings Archive: <http://archive.today/p8JFd>  > Lawmakers from both parties turned up the heat on TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew in a high-stakes hearing with the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday about the safety and security of the immensely popular app. > > "To the American people watching today, hear this: TikTok is a weapon by the Chinese Communist Party to spy on you and manipulate what you see and exploit for future generations," said Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. > > Rodgers asked Chew to say "with 100% certainty" that neither Chinese authorities nor employees of TikTok parent company ByteDance can use the app to spy on Americans, or promote content favorable to Chinese interests. > > Chew said TikTok does not promote or remove content at the request of Chinese authorities. He said the app is "free from any manipulation from any government." > > Rodgers shot back: "If you can't say it 100% certain, I take that as a no." **Full Hearing:** > Testifying before the U.S. Congress on Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told lawmakers the company is building what he called a "firewall" that would seal off U.S. data from foreign access. > > He said that TikTok is in the process of deleting legacy U.S. data from servers in Virginia and Singapore, which he expects to be completed by the end of the year. > > Chew said he doesn't believe ownership by the Chinese-based company ByteDance "is the issue here" and questioned the track record of American social media giants on data privacy. > > "I mean look at Facebook – and Cambridge Analytica. Just one example," he said. > > Shou Zi Chew's testimony comes at a crucial time for the company, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have been swept up in a wider geopolitical battle between Beijing and Washington over trade and technology. > > TikTok has been dogged by claims that its Chinese ownership means user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government or that it could be used to promote narratives favourable to the country's Communist leaders.  **The Threat of Memes:** > During the hearing, Republican Kat Cammack showed Congress a TikTok video inciting violence towards the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with the chair of the committee named in the captions. The video was uploaded to the platform 41 days ago and was still circulating despite company guidelines assuring users it would take down threatening content. Shou Zi Chew was denied a chance to respond to Cammack's claims by the chair. The video was removed from TikTok during the hearing.  #### Political "Earnestness" Archive: <http://archive.today/NidGu>  #### Jeff Jackson [Direct Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffjacksonnc?lang=en)  'There's a huge demand for being spoken to in a normal tone of voice' — [Archive](https://archive.is/1UWV2)  #### Adam Schiff Copies [Direct Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@adamschiff)  Comments:  %% FOOTER %% ---  --- ## Keep Digging %%Space%% ### Tags #Stream/BDE ### Footnotes & References