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2024-02-16 00:03 United Daily News Editorial The Biden team released its first TikTok video. The picture is a screenshot. Picture/reproduced from TikTok @biden…
The United States will hold a presidential election in November. The Biden presidential campaign team, who is seeking re-election, recently opened a “Douyin” account and immediately posted four short videos. The U.S. government once launched a boycott of TikTok, believing it to be a “national security risk.” Biden’s actions clearly slapped himself in the face. But this also proves that social network policies based on ideology are no longer sustainable. When Biden moves closer to TikTok, will the Democratic Progressive Party, which once considered banning TikTok, follow suit?
The Biden campaign claimed that it would take “high security precautions” on its TikTok account and would not be involved in the security review issues TikTok is facing. However, no matter how they defend themselves, they cannot clarify the two sides of the U.S. government’s handling of the TikTok issue. mark. Obviously, Biden, who is facing the challenge and threat from Trump, is looking at the popularization and younger trend of Douyin platform in an attempt to seize the city. Ironically, just before Biden’s appearance on TikTok, the U.S. Senate held a hearing to explore the dangers children face online, focusing on the nationality of its CEO Zhou Shouzi, apparently worried about national security concerns. Zhou Shouzi is a Singaporean. He was asked if he was a member of the Chinese Communist Party, which also reflected the senator’s lack of knowledge.
Douyin, which was founded and emerged in mainland China, has swept the world in recent years and has become one of the most commonly used online social platforms among young people. However, it has been criticized internationally, believing that it has promoted pornography, violence and online bullying. The Western world, led by the United States, has even questioned that China uses Douyin to collect Internet information for “cognitive warfare” and has raised the criticism to National security level. The Trump administration once issued a ban on Douyin, and the international version of Douyin was forced to be sold to Oracle of the United States. The Biden administration later lifted the ban, but still ordered U.S. government agencies to remove TikTok devices. Many Western countries also followed suit and regarded TikTok as a scourge.
The Democratic Progressive Party, which is the most powerful in the “anti-China Taiwan” campaign, is naturally not lagging behind in this wave of “anti-Douyin”. Two years ago, the Ministry of Digital Development announced a ban on the use of TikTok in public sector information and communication equipment. Green Camp suggested Voices of “Ban TikTok” are even more common. Videos popular on Douyin are often regarded as mentally retarded and vulgar by Green Camp.
The Democratic Progressive Party suffered a huge defeat in the nine-in-one election last year and lost complete power in this year’s general election. The party continues to blame Douyin for a large number of false information attacks. The Democratic Progressive Party even accused Douyin of “all voices supporting Ke Wenzhe” and that it was the result of the CCP’s cognitive warfare. As for whether they should join Douyin to fight head-on, or continue to bury their heads in the sand and despise Douyin, Green Camp has so far been at a loss.
What is certain is that the Democratic Progressive Party’s massive loss of young votes is not only related to governance issues, but also has to do with changes in social networks. But whether young people have been “brainwashed” by Douyin and therefore oppose the DPP; or whether the DPP is hostile to Douyin and makes its users mentally retarded, causing the younger generation to stay away from the DPP. The Green Camp may need to think carefully and study it. After all, the generational gap in the online community shows that the DPP has drifted further and further away from the young people. The Tsai administration’s abuse of cyber troops to attack and spread rumors is also one of the main reasons for the massive loss of young votes.
Although Tsai’s administration and Western countries have demonized Douyin, for young people, the popular charm of Douyin’s short videos is irreplaceable. There are 170 million Douyin accounts in the United States, and two-thirds of teenagers use Douyin; as for Taiwan, a survey last August showed that there were more than 5 million users, mostly young people. Obviously, it may not work to use “national security concerns” to measure Douyin. What should be considered is the cultural differences between generations.
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Regarding the management of social network platforms, the DPP has never realized (or knowingly but deliberately ignored) the core focus: regardless of online pornography, violence, discrimination, or national security, information security and other issues, the same standards must be adopted , instead of ideologically strengthening control over specific platforms and leaving other platforms alone. For example, when it comes to fake online accounts and fraud cases, Facebook is the largest source, and relevant ministries have so far been unable to come up with a solution. Now, they are blindly accusing Douyin of “cognitive warfare”, which is putting the cart before the horse. It is no wonder that the management of the online platform is in chaos. If we fail to realize our blind spots and rely on the government to come to power, the problem will only become more serious.
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