{"id":14266,"date":"2025-01-20T13:03:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=14266"},"modified":"2025-02-18T00:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T05:14:37","slug":"tiktok-ban-safeguarding-america-or-stifling-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/tiktok-ban-safeguarding-america-or-stifling-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Ban: Safeguarding America or Stifling Speech?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/william-del-pilar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">William Del Pilar<\/a><\/strong> discusses the implications of a TikTok ban as a tool of cultural and geopolitical influence, mainly focusing on its ownership by the Chinese company ByteDance. He explores how TikTok serves as a modern-day Trojan horse in the context of national security, psychological warfare, and cultural indoctrination. 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Also: Trump&#8217;s attempts to revitalize Hollywood, the controversial arrest of cartoonist Darrin Bell, and Bill Burr&#8217;s misguided comments on wildfire management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"TikTok Ban: Safeguarding America or Stifling Speech?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zzv_QVlQc8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-877\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mobile-Smartphone-icon.png\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively: The 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