CCP flagship newspaper touts Biden campaign's TikTok, criticizes 'hypocritical' politicians for 'suppression'

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The Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper, the Global Times, touted President Biden's campaign's use of TikTok and critiqued the "deep hypocrisy" of America's politicians who call the social media platform a national security threat.

The opinion article in the CCP's state media said that Biden's campaign use of TikTok "highlights the unjust suppression" and "proves the hype nonsense."

"As a social media app that has been heavily portrayed by the US as a ‘national security threat,' TikTok being used by Biden's campaign highlights the unjust suppression of TikTok by American politicians and proves the hype nonsense," the article said.

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The Global Times argued that the short-form video social media platform has become a "necessary means" for American politicians to reach young voters.

Citing a 2023 survey report by the Pew Research Center, the Global Times said that about one-third (32 percent) of young Americans aged 18 to 29 say they regularly get their news from TikTok.

The CCP newspaper said that American politicians are "very self-contradictory when it comes to TikTok."

The article argued that Biden's campaign's use of TikTok proves that the social media platform is not a national security threat and proves the