Contrary to GOP mythmaking, TikTok is likely no more dangerous than Twitter or 60 Minutes in assisting Southern Border migrants.
Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany accused TikTok of helping migrants cross the southern border after praising the House for passing the latest divestment bill.
On Wednesday morning, The House passed a bill to force ByteDance, a Chinese-based company, to sell it’s ownership of TikTok within in six months or be banned from operating in the U.S.
McEnany praised the bipartisan decision by the House, claiming on Outnumbered that “both parties” know that the social media app has “immense political power” to shape the minds of young children.
The former White House press secretary then went on to accuse the app of helping undocumented migrants cross the border, citing comments made previously by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
TikTok is a national security threat, and TikTok has immense political power and persuasion. This is all part of a China influence campaign. You see this? The secret police stations, the Confucius Institutes, TikTok. This is a national security threat. And look at the way TikTok frames huge events in our country. I just spoke with Senator Josh Hawley, who said to me, you know, one of the ways illegal immigrants are coming across the southern border is via TikTok. TikTok is a part of that equation…So TikTok is shaping national security events. It’s shaping the minds of young children, but it has immense political power, and both parties know that.
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Because Asians remain a miniscule number of migrants coming over the Southern border.
“TikTok, TikTok,” a translator speaking for a 37-year-old female Chinese migrant relayed to “60 Minutes” after being asked about how they learned about the southern border gaps near California.
According to a segment on “60 Minutes,” migrants have purportedly been using videos on the China-owned social media platform that provide ‘step-by-step instructions’ for how to find gaps in the border wall and hire smugglers.
A TikTok spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “TikTok strictly prohibits human smuggling which we remove from our platform and report to law enforcement when warranted.”
According to TikTok’s website, the company provides a space for “survivors of human exploitation to share their stories, and for migrants and refugees to be able to document their journeys, so we provide a space to do so.”
The social media company also claimed that 93% of the human trafficking content on the platform was removed proactively.
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