This is the 64th issue of "Bay Area Lookout".
**The authorities' faces hurt.
The Biden campaign, which will hold a bid for re-election in November this year, recently opened a TikTok account, and then sent four short ** in a row. This put the authorities who have always followed the United States' position and even banned TikTok more violently. Taiwan's "United Daily News" today (16th) issued an article questioning the authorities, "The United States has launched a boycott of TikTok, considering it a 'hidden danger to national security', and Biden's approach is obviously a slap in the face." But it also proves that the social network policy based on ideology is no longer sustainable. When Biden is close to TikTok, should he follow up if he has studied the ban on TikTok? ”
U.S.**Biden posted a short post on TikTok** Source: Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post".
On February 11, Biden officially joined the social platform TikTok, and on the first day of its launch, the first short ** received about 6 million views. Biden's move came as a surprise, reminding people that he personally signed a bill that prohibits federal employees from using agency devices to use TikTok on the grounds of ***. But after thinking about it, this move is not so surprising, after all, with the approach of the United States, Biden and his staff team are well aware of the influence of the short ** platform on the youth group, and it is reasonable to "take the lead in turning around" to embrace TikTok.
On the other hand, the authorities, who have been in charge of ideology all year round, have unreasonably suppressed TikTok, which is widely loved by young people on the island, and it has intensified in recent times. According to Taiwan media reports, as soon as the two elections in Taiwan in 2024 ended, a number of *** politicians publicly demanded that TikTok and Xiaohongshu be banned, claiming that the unsatisfactory election in 2024 is due to the fact that these social platforms from the mainland are constantly **, so that young people in Taiwan no longer support *** The authorities were busy setting up the so-called "cognitive warfare research center" on the 18th of last month, claiming to counter the mainland's "cognitive warfare" on the short ** platform. Wang Junli, the "director of the investigation bureau" of the Taiwan authorities, said that foreign hostile forces (alluding to the mainland) used misleading public perceptions to divide unity on the island and influence the election on the island, "so it is necessary to ask the platform operator to remove it from the shelves." Chen Chien-jen, head of Taiwan's administrative department, even slandered that TikTok has become a platform for "cognitive warfare", and the Taiwan authorities need to be particularly cautious, so as early as 2020, the public sector has banned the use of TikTok.
According to the "2023 Taiwan Network Report" released by the "Taiwan Network Information Center" in August last year, as many as 22 of the 2,153 respondents over the age of 18 on the island31% of people have a habit of using TikTok, and it is mainly concentrated in the young group of 18 to 29 year olds. **The authorities' crackdown on TikTok has naturally met with strong opposition on the island. Taiwan's "China Times" published a commentary pointing out that it has become a habit for young people in Taiwan to use TikTok, and the ban on TikTok by the authorities is to create panic and incite the hatred of compatriots on both sides of the strait. **Every time you go on the mainland, you must rebel", regard TikTok as "the enemy of the mainland", thinking that opening another account to grab Facebook's social platform threads can shorten the distance with young people. In fact, threads or Douyin are just tools to provide information exchange, "* Changing the soup without changing the medicine to engage in white terror will provoke greater disgust." Taiwan's "Wang Pao" issued an article pointing out that outsiders cannot ignore the arrest of "war criminals" after the election, but pointing the blame at TikTok is to find the wrong target, and it is an infringement of freedom of speech. According to a survey by Taiwan's National Chengchi University, seven out of ten respondents on the island said they received political information through Facebook and LINE, while only about 12 percent said they received political information through TikTok. The survey also shows that the proportion of political content on TikTok is less than 1%, and the penetration rate of the issue, the influence of LINE is much greater. If TikTok has "political **", wouldn't it be worse if Line or Facebook are even more serious? Lai Shih-pao, a representative of the Chinese Kuomintang, said that "this is a reversal of democracy and the revival of the white terror." Lai Qingde set up a "cognitive warfare research center" before he came to power, further undermining democracy and the rule of law and treating the people as enemies.
The Divine Comedy "Subject 3" and its dance on TikTok have become popular all over the world recently, and this trend has also spread to Taiwan, and many people have imitated and danced. Guo Zhengliang, a former representative of Taiwan's Republic of China, pointed out in a political discussion program on the island yesterday (15th) that the popular "subject three" on the mainland even jumped the local dramas of the green media, and the scholars of the green camp also gave up resistance, because it is impossible for you to defeat him. Even Prabowo, who has a majority of traditional supporters, wants to open a TikTok account to win young votes. Guo Zhengliang mentioned that he has seen all kinds of imitations in Europe and the United States, this is pop culture, just like a gust of wind, a green camp scholar also said that it is recommended that the authorities and the party department should immediately open a TikTok account.
Taiwan's "United Daily News" published an article today (16th) pointing out that the "nine-in-one" local election was defeated the year before last, and this year's election lost its "full power", which is constantly blamed on TikTok's so-called "large number of disinformation attacks". The article believes that the large loss of young votes is inevitably related to the changes in social networks in addition to its own problems. But whether it is the young people who are "** so against *** or *** hostile to TikTok and the young people who will use it are mentally retarded, causing the young generation to take the initiative to stay away from the *** green camp I may have to think about it carefully. After all, the generational gap in the online community shows that *** has gone farther and farther away from the young people. ** The authorities' abuse of cyber attacks and rumors is also an important reason for the large loss of young votes.
It has been observed that it has become a trend and fashion for young people in Taiwan to play TikTok, and the "post-90s" and "post-00s" have become the main force. The data shows that the number of users using TikTok in Taiwan has grown rapidly, with monthly active users reaching one million, an average daily usage time of 38 minutes, and an average interaction rate of 45%, which has rushed to fourth place in the list of free iOS apps in Taiwan. Obviously, Taiwanese compatriots already love Douyin deeply. However, the ** authorities insist that TikTok is a so-called "** tool", using cultural infiltration to threaten security. However, no one can stop the compatriots on both sides of the strait from "looking forward to their relatives and getting closer," and they are constantly giving up. It is true that the use of administrative power by the authorities to ban the use of Douyin in Taiwan will achieve certain results, but the cold-blooded and arrogant face will also be further revealed in front of the Taiwan people, once again allowing Taiwan compatriots to see their sinister intentions against the will of the people. Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the authorities, out of selfishness, deliberately obstructed and sabotaged cross-strait nongovernmental exchanges, in the final analysis, were afraid that the compatriots on both sides of the strait would get closer and better, and that the Taiwan people would understand the real situation on the mainland. They use so-called "cognitive warfare" to deceive the Taiwan people and create an "information cocoon" as a fig leaf for inciting hostility, hatred, and antagonism, and ultimately damage the development space and interests of the Taiwan people, especially the Taiwan youth.
Food Safety Issues Should Not Be Ignored Lanying asked Taiwan's administrative agencies to make a special report as soon as possible.
The Chinese Kuomintang caucus has repeatedly asked the Taiwan legislature to convene an extraordinary meeting tomorrow (17th) to invite Chen Chien-jen, the head of Taiwan's administrative body, to make a food safety report on the "clenbuterol controversy" in Taichung. ** Believe that this is an early meeting in disguise. The Deliberation Office of the Taiwan Legislature issued a notice today (16th) stating that after the instruction of Han Kuo-yu, the head of the Taiwan Legislature, due to procedural and time considerations, it was not possible to convene political parties for consultation.
The detection of "clenbuterol" in self-produced pork on the island caused panic among the people on the island Source: Taiwan media.
According to Taiwan media reports today (16th), Hong Mengkai, a member of the Chinese Kuomintang, pointed out that food safety issues must not be discounted, and Chen Jianren should clearly explain to the people the food safety issues that the people are most concerned about. In response to Han Kuo-yu's statement that he could not convene consultations, the Chinese Kuomintang caucus said that they would fully respect Han Kuo-yu's consultation process, and that it was important that Taiwan's administrative departments be prepared to give the people on the island a clear time to submit the special report.
In response to the questioning that the blue camp is a boycott for the sake of boycotting, Hong Mengkai said that each of the 54 members of the Chinese Kuomintang caucus is professional, expositional, and combative, so if the administrative department wants to deliberately delay and make the proceedings impossible to proceed, it is absolutely impossible. The Chinese Kuomintang is ready to face off with a straight ball at any time, and this time it will definitely ask the administrative department on the interrogation table to ask the administrative department to explain clearly every part that the people have doubts, the parts that are not clear, or the parts that the people are worried about.
In the face of the question of the Chinese Kuomintang's proposal for an extraordinary meeting that violated the constitutional provisions of the Taiwan region, Hong Mengkai said that he would no longer dwell on the so-called extraordinary meeting, but asked the administrative department of the Taiwan region to report on the case. Hong Mengkai pointed out that the green camp deliberately led the wind to say that the temporary meeting will not be temporary, in fact, the focus is to ask the administrative department of the Taiwan authorities to report on the case, the name of which is the food safety loopholes under the past eight years in power, and how to strengthen the prevention and blocking measures in the future. Food safety is the highest standard, and there is no room for compromise.
Fu Laiqing, the general summoner of the Chinese Kuomintang, called on the people not to stand on the opposite side of the people. Fu Laiqing pointed out that protecting the health and safety of the whole people is the most basic bottom line, and there have been many major food safety problems in the eight years of his administration.
Author丨Yang Zhaoyuan, the chief writer of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News.
Editor丨Yang Ying, Editor-in-Chief of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News.
Typesetting丨Qiu Hui, Shenzhen Satellite TV direct news editor.