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00:51I think if we take a few steps back to roughly 2018,
00:55this was when TikTok first emerged as a social network.
00:58Its background is it's a spinoff of Douyin.
01:02Douyin is a Chinese social network, and it's kind of a Chinese version of TikTok.
01:05And what it did is it bought a popular social network for younger users here out in the West called Musical.ly.
01:13So Musical.ly is the origins of TikTok, but it became Chinese-owned.
01:17And users and governments, especially in Western economies,
01:22started to get concerned that the Chinese government were harvesting data from users' phones,
01:27looking at user activity, and maybe even shaping what users see on TikTok.
01:31So it's all about concerns whether the Chinese owners are using the apps that we use here in the West day-to-day
01:39and manipulating them in certain ways.
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01:58... you are here because the American people need the truth about the threat TikTok poses to our national and personal security.
02:08We do not promote or remove content at the request of the Chinese government.
02:13The question is, are you 100% certain that they cannot use your company to promote such messages?
02:21It is our commitment to this committee and all our users that we will keep this free from any manipulation by any government.
02:29Currently in the US, TikTok is facing a potential ban.
02:33This is as a result of Senate appearances where the organization's CEO, Xiaozhi Qiu,
02:41was asked a series of questions about security of data,
02:44whether or not TikTok is being used by Chinese government to look at users' activities,
02:51and broadly, whether it's a security threat.
02:54And back in, I think it was January 2024, TikTok's appearances in front of Senate did not satisfy US senators.
03:01So a process started culminating in, if TikTok doesn't split away from its Chinese owners, a ban in the United States.
03:14On this vote, the yeas are 352, the nays are 65.
03:21One present, two thirds being in the affirmative.
03:24The rules are suspended. The bill is passed.
03:26And without the objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
03:34TikTok is a threat to our national security because it is owned by ByteDance,
03:39which does the bidding of the Chinese Communist Party.
03:42We know this because ByteDance leadership says so, and because Chinese law requires it.
03:47This bill therefore forces TikTok to break up with the Chinese Communist Party.
03:52It does not apply to American companies.
03:56It only applies to companies subject to the control of foreign adversaries defined by Congress.
04:06So what we're currently experiencing is this period where TikTok is being forced by US lawmakers to actually divest.
04:14So what they want is for TikTok to be fully independent, to not be potentially used by Chinese government.
04:20And if it does not do something that satisfies the government, the government will implement a ban.
04:25So potentially from Sunday the 19th of January 2025, US users will not be able to access TikTok.
04:32They might look at ways to bypass the ban.
04:35You know, there's rumored, you know, VPNs, that kind of thing.
04:38But as of Monday, we might face 170 million users not accessing TikTok now.
04:44Yeah.
05:14TikTok has this week released communications to its employees, internal memos, which have been circulated externally now,
05:26encouraging staff to turn up to work on Monday and encouraging staff to trust internal communication and not speculation on social media or in the press.
05:35But as far as we know, staff are all still turning up to work in TikTok's US offices on Monday.
05:40TikTok is saying that there's a plan, but it's not saying what the plan is, probably because it's going to be right down to the line.
05:54One of the things that TikTok users have been doing in recent days, almost in an act of protest,
06:00is using other apps that are similar but are also Chinese owned to show just how many there are.
06:05One of which is Red Note.
06:06Now, Red Note's been around a long time.
06:08It launched in 2013.
06:10It's mainly used by Chinese social media users, and it's got over 300 million users.
06:16It had 200 million in 2023, 100 million in 2021, steadily growing.
06:22So it's not new.
06:23It's no surprise.
06:24But up until a week ago, there weren't really any American or English speaking users of the app, and its popularity is surging.
06:31Red Note's really interesting.
06:32It looks like a hybrid of Instagram and TikTok.
06:35It's got two feeds, not just one.
06:37So you can consume more information.
06:39So it's got a different twist on it.
06:40And actually, in the last three days, Red Note has actually been launching a series of English language functions,
06:48including how many views hashtags are receiving and user data as well.
06:54So it is actually making a play for the American user base.
06:59So senators should be aware that unless they're going to ban every app they don't like the look of, users are going to vote with their feet.
07:18And the nays are 58.
07:20The bill is passed without objection.
07:22A motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
07:28Red Note has received investment for a number of high profile technology companies, including Alibaba and Tencent, which are also Chinese.
07:35So I think fast forward a few months.
07:38I wouldn't be surprised if Red Note comes under the same scrutiny that TikTok has over the last two years.
07:59Oh, there you go.
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08:29And the bill is passed without objection.
08:31A motion to reconsider.
08:33Red Note has received investment for a number of high profile technology companies, including Alibaba and Tencent, which are also Chinese.
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