Chinese migrants are using TikTok to share tips on crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DJ Jordan discusses broader concerns about TikTok's Chinese ownership, including potential surveillance and data collection, and how these issues fuel current political calls to ban the app.
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People from out the country. Okay. And once I did my research, I found out right now it's more Chinese migrants than anybody entering through the border in Mexico. And guess how they are getting the put-on tips to find this entrance? How? TikTok. TikTok. What are your thoughts about this, DJ Jordan?
You know, the whole TikTok thing in its relation to China, I think everybody knows that, you know what I mean, in terms of TikTok actually being being kind of owned by the Chinese government. And because there were some conversations a few years ago about the Chinese government using it as a tool to kind of spy on Americans, invade privacy, you know, get information in regards to popular American culture and stuff like that. So I could understand why now politicians are, you know, having conversations around banning it as a result of all of the migrants of Chinese descent, you know what I mean, coming across that border. It kind of makes sense, y'all.