Posted on 12/06/2022 4:56:45 PM PST by arthurus
What is it about a social media app that allows short video sharing that would constitute a national security risk? The answer is not about dog and cat videos, or dancing diatribes or funny, weird or goofy content; nor is the national security risk attached to any data of the app users or content providers. The national security risk is found in the ability to influence public opinion that is not under the control of the United States government, or more specifically the Dept of Homeland Security (DHS).
The need for control is a reaction to fear. TikTok, as a social media platform, is not considered a national security threat because the Chinese government can control it. TikTok is considered a national security threat because the United States government does not control it.
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I think Elon had a good idea of what he was buying. He may not have realized to the degree of corruption that Twitter was involved in, but he had an idea as we all did.
He was probably better informed than we were, however.
The second sentence:
“South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, soon to be the vice-presidential candidate for the DeSantis-Noem 2024 ticket, has also called TikTok a national security threat and banned it in the state.”
What, did I miss something?
“The answer is not about dog and cat videos”
Then, it’s probably not a question worth answering. If anything, we need more dog and cat videos.
Ping!!
DeRoosevelt/Noem 2024!
Elon didn’t buy a social media platform, he bought a crime scene.
I’m sure that Elon knew that he was buying a big crap pile, he just didn’t know how big the pile was.
Don’t fergit to git out thar ‘n vote, ‘cause things’ll be different with DeRoosevelt and Noem!!
Twitter files were delayed bc Baker was scrubbing FBI involvement
https://nitter.net/poet808/status/1600254363644985345#m
I saw on another thread that Elon just fired Baker.
“I think Elon had a good idea of what he was buying. He may not have realized to the degree of corruption that Twitter was involved in, but he had an idea as we all did.
He was probably better informed than we were, however.”
He didn’t care about the degree of corruption. He could fix that. He was buying access to the world. An uncensored world via Starlink satellites.
Elon doesn’t build companies, he builds empires.
Julie Kelly:
Elon Musk has fired more FBI agents than Bill Barr ever did.
(That’s ‘one’ for those counting at home)
Baker was “exited”.
To put it in brutally honest terms, The United States Dept of Homeland Security is the operating system running in the background of Twitter.You can debate whether Elon Musk honestly didn’t know all this before purchasing Twitter from his good friend Jack Dorsey, and/or what the scenario of owner/operator motive actually is. Decide for yourself.
For me, I feel confident that all of the conflicting and odd datapoints only reconcile in one direction. DHS controls Twitter.
Elon had people on the inside, he knew exactly what he was doing and he knew things would not go in to the bit bucket that could never be recovered.
Starlink? That is going to be fun to watch.
“Starlink? That is going to be fun to watch.”
EU told Musk that he had to abide by EU rules to operate in Europe.
His response was to dismantle the Twitter group responsible for ensuring Twitter followed EU rules.
Twitter is a worldwide network.
Twitter via Starlink is an uncensored worldwide network.
I would have thought that Baker had his login credentials and security access locked with the rest of the employees when Musk took over.
No idea about presidential race 2024. But as to Tik Tok, Noem had an op/ed in today’s WSJ. She said she made government workers stop using it on their work phones to prevent China from collecting info which would include data about ND citizens.
“Baker was “exited”.”
Yep, and it was glorious!
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