Surveillance hidden in plain sight

Imagine if at the height of the last Cold War, the Soviet Union had control over the largest television network in the United States. Imagine if its surveillance network tracked the opinions, interests, and movements of millions of Americans. Imagine this propaganda and espionage campaign targeted the next generation of American leaders.

Today, we’re facing all of that combined in just one unassuming social media app:TikTok.

TikTok has quickly grown into a cultural obsession. It negatively influences an entire generation of young Americans, affecting how they act, think, and even vote.The app vacuums up tons of information from the phones of the adolescents and adults using it. But there’s another side to the story.