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TikTok Is The First App War

The Cold War with the CCP is on everyone's phone

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Ben Domenech
Apr 16, 2024
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My latest feature in The Spectator:

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One hundred and twenty minutes. That’s how much time more than 40 percent of American children spent on TikTok every day last year. The app, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, worms its way into the minds of young people to an extraordinary degree, dwarfing their use of Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X and Snapchat.…

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