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Dale.

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Yeah, I'm gonna probably say a lot of things
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have been said previously by others, but I
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as Terrence said, um, it's interesting to see
that somehow

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there's a unidia all of a sudden between both
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and Republicans, or particularly our Congress
members, um, who are

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able to come together and really push for some
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legislation and agree on things.

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It does kind of make us feel as if like

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maybe this is not really about national
security per se.

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Um look, I I I d I do feel like

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I need to say this.

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I feel that right wing media really does not
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China.

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Um they used to not like Russia, but now they

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really do not like China.

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You can't say the word China without saying
communist China,

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right?

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They are they always have that communist
prefix in front

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of it.

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And this company is owned by by uh by uh

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this company TikTok's owned by a Chinese
company, and so

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they're they're they're railing against this.

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But the thing is, yes, they do want your
information,

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uh as we've been talking about, but so does
Facebook,

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so does Meta, so does every company that you
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with.

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I mean, um Facebook sells your information to
Cambridge Analytica.

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Like we we've been over this before so many
times.

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Like I understand that there's a problem when
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to our information going out there, but it's
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this Chinese company is the worst offender.

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We have other bad offenders within our own
borders, aka

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Facebook, and Meta, who are doing the the same
thing.

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If if we ban TikTok, I worry about the
slippery

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slope.

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Uh I I worry about us singling out this one

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company and not realizing that there are other
bad actors

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as well.

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Um so if we ban TikTok, is that really fixing

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the problem, or is there a larger problem that
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should be talking about?

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And and and and that's my concern there.

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Um I don't think that banning TikTok is really
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solve the problem of the so called national
security issues

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when there are other bad actors on the stage.

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Thanks, Dale.