Chinese Electoral Interference By Charles Taylor (Florida)

The likes of Hillary Clinton are still going on about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election. But recently the mainstream media admitted major interference by China, all in favour of the Democrats, and nothing happens. TikTok, controlled by the CCP, has become a political weapon; we do not know what influence TikTok had even on the Australian election that delivered a Labor party more sympathetic to communist China.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/11/30/tiktok-chinese-state-media-divisive-politics/?sh=7ccbb0fe4bf0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/12/01/major-news-outlet-casually-admits-china-interfered-in-the-2022-election-to-boost-democrats-n667363

“The 2022 election turned out to be a major letdown for Republicans, and China may have had something to do with that. According to Forbes, the communists used TikTok to spread political messages, largely critical of the GOP, in the months leading up to election day.

The accounts in question have millions of followers and were able to accumulate tens of millions of views, spreading propaganda the Chinese state found useful. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, though, that they felt Democrats remaining in power most benefited them.

TikTok accounts run by the propaganda arm of the Chinese government have accumulated millions of followers and tens of millions of views, many of them on videos editorializing about U.S. politics without clear disclosure that they were posted by a foreign government.

The accounts are managed by MediaLinks TV, a registered foreign agent and Washington D.C.-based outpost of the main Chinese Communist Party television news outlet, China Central Television. The largest of them are @Pandaorama, which features cute videos about Chinese culture, @The…Optimist, which posts about sustainability, and @NewsTokss, which features coverage of U.S. national and international news.

In the run-up to the 2022 elections, the @NewsTokss account criticized some candidates (mostly Republicans), and favored others (mostly Democrats). A video from July began with the caption “Cruz, Abbott Don’t Care About Us”; a video from October was captioned “Rubio Has Done Absolutely Nothing.” But @NewsTokss did not target only Republicans; another October video asked viewers whether they thought President Joe Biden’s promise to sign a bill codifying abortion rights was a “political manipulation tactic.” Nothing in these videos disclosed to viewers that they were being pushed by a foreign government.”