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[00:00.000 --> 00:02.280]  Welcome to the Vodcast.
[00:02.280 --> 00:07.040]  You're probably aware Congress has been up in arms about the TikTok app, including holding
[00:07.040 --> 00:08.600]  hearings several days ago.
[00:08.600 --> 00:12.080]  There are two primary assertions by government officials.
[00:12.080 --> 00:14.640]  One is the app is a national security threat.
[00:14.640 --> 00:19.000]  The other is that it's causing emotional health problems for America's young people.
[00:19.000 --> 00:23.520]  But since those claims are coming from politicians and government officials, we always have to
[00:23.520 --> 00:27.560]  ask whether those assertions have any basis in reality.
[00:27.560 --> 00:31.960]  And if they don't have any basis in reality, what's really going on?
[00:37.120 --> 00:40.160]  The Dr. Reality Vodcast with Dave Champion.
[00:48.520 --> 00:49.760]  Let's start with this.
[00:49.760 --> 00:54.400]  TikTok's CEO, Xu Chu, appeared before a congressional committee.
[00:54.400 --> 00:58.680]  The hearing began with Representative Kathy McMorris Rogers saying the app should be
[00:58.680 --> 01:05.360]  banned and she and her colleagues were disinclined to believe anything Chu said.
[01:05.360 --> 01:09.080]  Okay, then why are you holding hearings?
[01:09.080 --> 01:12.760]  Before I share my thoughts on the hearing, let me address the claim I see a lot on social
[01:12.760 --> 01:18.600]  media that TikTok in China uses different algorithms that promote subjects like science
[01:18.600 --> 01:21.040]  and other intellectual endeavors.
[01:21.040 --> 01:24.760]  That is an inaccurate claim.
[01:24.760 --> 01:28.120]  TikTok is owned by a company called ByteDance headquartered in China.
[01:28.120 --> 01:31.000]  But TikTok doesn't exist in China.
[01:31.000 --> 01:32.840]  It never has.
[01:32.840 --> 01:36.840]  Years before TikTok came to the US, ByteDance introduced an app in China called Doyin.
[01:36.840 --> 01:39.040]  I hope I'm pronouncing that correct.
[01:39.040 --> 01:44.400]  When Americans cast Doyin as the science and intellectual version of TikTok, they have no
[01:44.400 --> 01:46.160]  idea what they're talking about.
[01:46.160 --> 01:49.520]  Do you want to know what the biggest thing is on Doyin?
[01:49.520 --> 01:54.760]  It's live-stream selling of goods and products that allow purchases to be made in-app with
[01:54.760 --> 01:56.680]  special discount.
[01:56.680 --> 01:59.920]  That's Doyin's big claim to fame in China.
[01:59.920 --> 02:04.480]  That said, individual users can use Doyin in the same manner as Americans use TikTok.
[02:04.480 --> 02:08.360]  However, because the Chinese youth culture is considerably different than the US youth
[02:08.360 --> 02:13.040]  culture, content posted by Chinese youth is considerably different than the content put
[02:13.040 --> 02:14.880]  up by American youth.
[02:14.880 --> 02:19.320]  Chinese parents have very different expectations of their children than do parents in the
[02:19.320 --> 02:20.320]  US.
[02:20.320 --> 02:25.360]  So silliness and frivolity are not strong traits in Chinese youth.
[02:25.360 --> 02:30.480]  The other thing that made Doyin so popular in China is its face filter feature.
[02:30.480 --> 02:35.240]  There is a huge amount of stigma associated with female facial features and the shape
[02:35.240 --> 02:37.200]  of a woman's face in China.
[02:37.200 --> 02:41.360]  Doyin was the first social media app to offer users in China the ability to change their
[02:41.360 --> 02:45.480]  facial features, the shape of their face, and overall complexion.
[02:45.480 --> 02:48.740]  So it became very popular with Chinese women.
[02:48.740 --> 02:54.380]  Because China is a totalitarian state, companies operating in China must be obedient to the
[02:54.380 --> 02:55.380]  government.
[02:55.380 --> 02:59.020]  Because of that, Doyin is required to have restrictions in place for young people that
[02:59.020 --> 03:01.700]  do not apply to its adult users.
[03:01.700 --> 03:08.540]  Users under 14 years of age are only allowed to access content government overseers consider
[03:08.540 --> 03:11.620]  child-safe, whatever that means.
[03:11.620 --> 03:15.900]  Kids can only use the app for 40 minutes each day and cannot use the app between 10 p.m.
[03:15.900 --> 03:17.460]  and 6 a.m.
[03:18.220 --> 03:21.900]  To be clear, such policies don't just affect Doyin.
[03:21.900 --> 03:27.500]  In 2019, the Chinese government restricted online gaming for everyone under 18.
[03:27.500 --> 03:32.180]  People under 18 can only play online video games for one hour on Friday between 8 p.m.
[03:32.180 --> 03:35.280]  and 9 p.m. and only for three hours on the weekend.
[03:35.280 --> 03:39.720]  The government also mandated that all online gamers must play under their real names so
[03:39.720 --> 03:44.200]  platforms can fulfill government requirements of checking up on the user's gaming habits
[03:44.200 --> 03:46.620]  and reporting them to the government.
[03:46.620 --> 03:52.700]  Many state-controlled media has referred to online gaming as spiritual opium and an
[03:52.700 --> 03:55.020]  electronic drug.
[03:55.020 --> 03:59.380]  I share that with you to make the point that ByteDance isn't involved in some communist
[03:59.380 --> 04:05.220]  conspiracy in which Doyin shows Chinese youth wonderfully healthy content while TikTok works
[04:05.220 --> 04:08.740]  feverishly to destroy American youth.
[04:08.740 --> 04:09.740]  It's nothing like that.
[04:09.740 --> 04:14.260]  Doyin operates within a strict totalitarian regime and TikTok operates in a free country
[04:14.540 --> 04:20.620]  where users view what they choose rather than content shown to them by mandate of government.
[04:20.620 --> 04:21.620]  That's it.
[04:21.620 --> 04:23.140]  There's no conspiracy.
[04:23.140 --> 04:25.780]  No plot against America.
[04:25.780 --> 04:28.300]  Here's a question for you to ponder.
[04:28.300 --> 04:31.580]  Do we want America to be like China?
[04:31.580 --> 04:34.980]  We often refer to government actions with the phrase Big Brother.
[04:34.980 --> 04:37.580]  Obviously, that is not a positive descriptor.
[04:37.580 --> 04:42.820]  Do we want to open a new chapter where government will also be Big Parent?
[04:42.940 --> 04:48.660]  I find the idea of the government acting as a parent to be revolting.
[04:48.660 --> 04:54.220]  You're literally talking about making a thoroughly moral institution that lies nearly 100% of
[04:54.220 --> 04:58.620]  the time and literally murders millions of people around the globe to ensure corporate
[04:58.620 --> 05:02.500]  profits a parent to America's children.
[05:02.500 --> 05:07.900]  Do you remember all the propaganda, the disinformation put out by the government during 2020, 2021,
[05:07.900 --> 05:09.900]  and 2022?
[05:09.900 --> 05:15.500]  Do you really want that institution acting as a surrogate parent for American children?
[05:15.500 --> 05:20.020]  In terms of national security, one of the claims being made by congresspersons is the
[05:20.020 --> 05:25.340]  Chinese Communist Party could force ByteDance to insert content casting the Chinese government
[05:25.340 --> 05:31.460]  in a positive light to Americans during a time of conflict between the U.S. and China.
[05:31.460 --> 05:38.060]  What Congress is referring to is the possibility of China inserting disinformation into TikTok.
[05:38.060 --> 05:43.780]  Or perhaps Congress's concern TikTok will spread truths the United States government
[05:43.780 --> 05:46.460]  doesn't want Americans to know.
[05:46.460 --> 05:50.580]  Here's my problem with Congress's disinformation angle concerning TikTok.
[05:50.580 --> 05:55.300]  In 2020, 2021, and 2022, the U.S. government knowingly, willfully, and intentionally put
[05:55.300 --> 05:58.100]  out massive disinformation.
[05:58.100 --> 06:02.260]  If Congress is truly interested in stopping disinformation, where's the hearing on what
[06:02.260 --> 06:07.740]  the United States government knew about certain Big Pharma products as early as January 2021,
[06:07.740 --> 06:10.940]  kept incredibly important data concealed, and public officials got up in front of the
[06:10.940 --> 06:15.460]  American people and lied to all 330 million of them?
[06:15.460 --> 06:18.300]  Where is that hearing?
[06:18.300 --> 06:24.620]  Unless or until I see that hearing take place, my view is any pitch by Congress about disinformation
[06:24.620 --> 06:30.500]  is just more U.S. government disinformation intended to manipulate you.
[06:30.500 --> 06:34.820]  Right now, there's an ongoing court case called Missouri v. Joseph R. Biden Jr.
[06:35.020 --> 06:38.260]  Despite the federal government's attempt to get the case dismissed, the judge allowed
[06:38.260 --> 06:43.060]  it to continue and numerous executives from social media companies have been deposed along
[06:43.060 --> 06:47.060]  with high-ranking government officials, including Anthony Fauci.
[06:47.060 --> 06:53.780]  During Fauci's deposition, he testified, I do not recall 174 times and I don't remember
[06:53.780 --> 06:55.660]  at least 212 times.
[06:55.660 --> 07:00.940]  I'm pretty sure the American people know that when government officials say, I don't recall,
[07:00.940 --> 07:04.900]  it's an alternative to lying, which would get them prosecuted for perjury, which is
[07:04.900 --> 07:06.340]  a felony.
[07:06.340 --> 07:10.820]  Government officials pretending not to recall during sworn testimony is so common in D.C.
[07:10.820 --> 07:14.620]  that it even has a name, the Potomac Two-Step.
[07:14.620 --> 07:18.660]  And make no mistake, if Fauci was talking to the media or giving a speech where he isn't
[07:18.660 --> 07:21.180]  under oath, he'd just lie.
[07:21.180 --> 07:24.340]  Under oath, he has to pretend he doesn't remember.
[07:24.340 --> 07:28.660]  Before I continue, please take a moment to subscribe to this channel, like the video
[07:28.660 --> 07:30.540]  and share the hell out of it.
[07:30.540 --> 07:34.780]  Also, if you have not set yourself up on Rumble, do it at the end of this video because
[07:34.780 --> 07:42.760]  Rumble is the leading competitor to YouTube and YouTube removes truth and promotes lies
[07:42.760 --> 07:44.740]  at the behest of the United States government.
[07:44.740 --> 07:49.180]  In other words, YouTube partners with the government in suppressing facts and spreading
[07:49.180 --> 07:50.180]  disinformation.
[07:50.180 --> 07:53.860]  By contrast, Rumble is all about free speech.
[07:53.860 --> 07:56.260]  Rumble is where you want to be.
[07:56.260 --> 07:59.880]  In Missouri v. Biden, here's what one of the attorneys for several of the plaintiffs said
[07:59.880 --> 08:03.600]  recently concerning the deposition of Fauci and others.
[08:03.600 --> 08:10.880]  Quote, these depositions further confirm what other discovery in the case has already demonstrated.
[08:10.880 --> 08:15.480]  Dozens of members of the federal government, including unelected bureaucrats like Fauci,
[08:15.480 --> 08:21.560]  orchestrated a campaign to shut down debate about COVID-19 related subjects and they deceived
[08:21.560 --> 08:26.060]  the American public on issues ranging from the lab leak theory to the efficacy of masks,
[08:26.060 --> 08:30.100]  to protection offered by natural acquired immunity, to whether the vaccines would prevent
[08:30.100 --> 08:33.100]  disease transmission, close quote.
[08:33.100 --> 08:36.500]  But you'll note these depositions are taking place in a civil suit, not a congressional
[08:36.500 --> 08:37.500]  hearing.
[08:37.500 --> 08:43.260]  So again, I ask, if Congress is truly interested in disinformation, where is that hearing?
[08:43.260 --> 08:46.660]  I'm far more concerned about the massive disinformation put out by the United States
[08:46.660 --> 08:50.080]  government than I am about possible disinformation on TikTok.
[08:50.080 --> 08:53.700]  Let me also remind you that the vast majority of Americans get their news from the mainstream
[08:54.460 --> 08:59.340]  and the mainstream media is the enabler of and can co-conspirator with the government
[08:59.340 --> 09:01.860]  in spreading its disinformation.
[09:01.860 --> 09:07.900]  If Congress actually has an issue with disinformation, it should start by banning US government disinformation.
[09:07.900 --> 09:12.660]  And again, I point out China has never attempted to harm me physically or economically.
[09:12.660 --> 09:14.820]  That cannot be said of the US government.
[09:14.820 --> 09:18.760]  Further, if the government is concerned that pro-China content will be shown to American
[09:18.760 --> 09:22.240]  TikTok users, ban it then.
[09:22.240 --> 09:26.480]  Discussing banning it for something that hasn't happened and may never happen sounds like
[09:26.480 --> 09:28.760]  a contrived excuse to me.
[09:28.760 --> 09:33.840]  Let's go back to Congress persons at the hearing whining the TikTok CEO wasn't providing
[09:33.840 --> 09:37.760]  proof concerning his answers to their questions.
[09:37.760 --> 09:43.720]  Did any of those Congress persons or any other Congress persons demand proof when Fauci or
[09:43.720 --> 09:46.140]  Walensky testified before Congress?
[09:46.140 --> 09:51.100]  We have hard evidence that Fauci and Walensky lied to the American people time and again.
[09:51.100 --> 09:55.380]  Yet Congress persons didn't complain that Fauci and Walensky weren't providing proof
[09:55.380 --> 09:56.820]  for their statements.
[09:56.820 --> 10:02.060]  In other words, those Congress persons didn't demand proof from known liars, but whine that
[10:02.060 --> 10:06.700]  they're not getting proof from a man testifying before Congress for the very first time.
[10:06.700 --> 10:11.860]  It seems Congress persons are pretty selective about when they whine about proof.
[10:11.860 --> 10:15.840]  I should also point out that in the days since Chu's appearance before the committee, none
[10:15.840 --> 10:21.280]  of those Congress persons have claimed anything Chu said was false, nor has the media.
[10:21.280 --> 10:25.680]  Perhaps more significantly, while the committee members were whining that Chu didn't provide
[10:25.680 --> 10:31.300]  any proof for his statements, not a single Congress person on the committee provided
[10:31.300 --> 10:34.400]  any proof for their accusations.
[10:34.400 --> 10:38.600]  But politicians are ethical and never lie, so they don't need to provide proof for their
[10:38.600 --> 10:40.460]  claims, right?
[10:40.460 --> 10:44.760]  As I close on the issue of disinformation, keep in mind what William Casey said at his
[10:44.760 --> 10:48.360]  first staff meeting after being appointed director of CIA.
[10:48.360 --> 10:53.720]  In that meeting, Casey said, quote, we'll know our disinformation campaign is complete
[10:53.720 --> 10:58.020]  when everything the American people believe is false.
[10:58.020 --> 10:59.020]  Close quote.
[10:59.020 --> 11:01.920]  Casey made that statement back in 1981.
[11:01.920 --> 11:07.620]  So which government is it that's been talking about inundating its citizens with disinformation
[11:07.620 --> 11:09.920]  since the early 1980s?
[11:09.920 --> 11:13.040]  But TikTok is the problem.
[11:13.040 --> 11:18.020]  Another claim is that TikTok is gathering user data, you know, like every other social
[11:18.020 --> 11:19.560]  media app in the world.
[11:19.560 --> 11:24.120]  I've read TikTok's Terms of Service and they're no different from any other large successful
[11:24.120 --> 11:25.760]  social media company.
[11:25.760 --> 11:31.560]  Of course, in the case of TikTok, Congress's heartburn is China's Communist Party might
[11:31.560 --> 11:33.680]  demand to see American user data.
[11:33.680 --> 11:38.120]  That's part of the narrative that it's a national security issue.
[11:38.120 --> 11:39.280]  Perhaps you can explain something to me.
[11:39.280 --> 11:43.320]  I ask because no one in Congress can explain it.
[11:43.320 --> 11:50.120]  What are the national security implications of the CCP knowing I go to the gym every day?
[11:50.120 --> 11:54.480]  What are the national security implications of the CCP knowing I go to the post office
[11:54.480 --> 11:57.240]  or the grocery store Walmart?
[11:57.240 --> 12:00.900]  I also visit some of the animal rescues around town.
[12:00.900 --> 12:05.400]  What are the national security implications of the Communist Party knowing that?
[12:05.400 --> 12:09.680]  What are the national security implications of knowing I live in ketosis and eat carnivore
[12:09.680 --> 12:10.800]  style?
[12:10.800 --> 12:14.760]  Every few weeks, I drive about an hour into Vegas for business and do some shopping.
[12:14.760 --> 12:19.120]  The national security implications of the CCP knowing that is what?
[12:19.120 --> 12:22.320]  I occasionally post photos of my meals and my pets.
[12:22.320 --> 12:25.240]  What is the national security implication there?
[12:25.240 --> 12:28.080]  I've published books on law and physiology.
[12:28.080 --> 12:30.440]  What are the national security implications of that?
[12:30.440 --> 12:31.600]  I have a lot of tattoos.
[12:31.600 --> 12:32.600]  I shave my head.
[12:32.600 --> 12:33.600]  I wear glasses.
[12:34.160 --> 12:38.240]  What are the national security implications of the CCP knowing that?
[12:38.240 --> 12:43.480]  I occasionally post reviews of shows I watch on Netflix, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime.
[12:43.480 --> 12:47.440]  The national security implications of that are what?
[12:47.440 --> 12:48.440]  You get the point.
[12:48.440 --> 12:49.620]  And here's the thing.
[12:49.620 --> 12:54.280]  No one in Congress or the public has been able to explain how the CCP accessing such
[12:54.280 --> 12:58.040]  meaningless information constitutes a national security threat.
[12:58.040 --> 13:03.120]  In fact, no one in Congress or the public has been able to explain why the CCP would
[13:03.120 --> 13:06.360]  even care to see such meaningless information.
[13:06.360 --> 13:08.360]  No one has explained any of that.
[13:08.360 --> 13:09.360]  Ever.
[13:09.360 --> 13:14.800]  They simply say TikTok is a national security threat and no one, including the media, bothers
[13:14.800 --> 13:20.800]  asking how such trivial personal data constitutes a national security threat to the United States.
[13:20.800 --> 13:24.920]  This reminds me of the COVID situation, which the media did nothing more than serve as a
[13:24.920 --> 13:29.800]  propaganda arm of the U.S. government, never asking any questions that true journalism
[13:29.800 --> 13:31.560]  would have required.
[13:31.560 --> 13:34.960]  Just like COVID, on this subject the media is obediently parroting the government's
[13:34.960 --> 13:38.600]  position without asking any meaningful questions.
[13:38.600 --> 13:43.080]  I don't know about you, but my view is that whenever the press falls silent and refuses
[13:43.080 --> 13:47.080]  to ask government officials tough questions on a subject, it means the government is hiding
[13:47.080 --> 13:50.960]  something or flat out lying and the media is covering for them.
[13:50.960 --> 13:56.060]  That's what I'm seeing with the TikTok issue just as we saw with COVID.
[13:56.060 --> 14:00.320]  When it comes to the issue of an app, any app, gathering user data, all support banning
[14:00.320 --> 14:05.040]  TikTok when Congress passes legislations prohibiting online companies from providing
[14:05.040 --> 14:11.040]  data it collects on U.S. users to U.S. intelligence services and U.S. law enforcement.
[14:11.040 --> 14:12.400]  Why is that?
[14:12.400 --> 14:13.800]  Because I don't fear the Chinese government.
[14:13.800 --> 14:20.000]  The Chinese have never attempted to harm me, physically or economically.
[14:20.000 --> 14:23.080]  I can't say that about the United States government.
[14:23.080 --> 14:24.840]  Let me ask you a question.
[14:24.840 --> 14:30.500]  In your entire life, has the Chinese government done anything harmful to you or yours?
[14:30.500 --> 14:32.220]  Or attempted to?
[14:32.220 --> 14:35.880]  Another claim is that TikTok harms the mental health of American youth.
[14:35.880 --> 14:41.020]  That assertion is being made to conceal something more disturbing and dangerous to our youth
[14:41.020 --> 14:43.440]  than any social media app.
[14:43.440 --> 14:46.960]  In order to do that subject justice, I have a separate presentation on the work so I won't
[14:46.960 --> 14:48.160]  be addressing it today.
[14:48.160 --> 14:52.920]  For today, I'll simply say that high-ranking Congress persons know exactly what's driving
[14:53.000 --> 14:55.480]  the U.S. youth mental health problem.
[14:55.480 --> 15:00.240]  Because they don't want to damage trillion-dollar U.S. industries, they're distracting you
[15:00.240 --> 15:05.400]  from that truth with claims the problem is social media apps.
[15:05.400 --> 15:08.160]  We've talked a lot today about disinformation.
[15:08.160 --> 15:13.360]  Now I'd like to offer a simple way to inoculate yourself against two of the worst areas of
[15:13.360 --> 15:15.160]  U.S. government disinformation.
[15:15.160 --> 15:20.120]  The first is the 60-year massive disinformation program by the United States government to
[15:20.200 --> 15:25.560]  inculcate in every American the false belief that Congress imposed the income tax on the
[15:25.560 --> 15:27.920]  ordinary working American.
[15:27.920 --> 15:32.360]  The second is the lies, the disinformation the U.S. government has spread concerning
[15:32.360 --> 15:38.680]  nutritional physiology resulting in the U.S. being the sickest society in all of human
[15:38.680 --> 15:40.980]  history.
[15:40.980 --> 15:42.920]  Let me be crystal clear with you.
[15:42.920 --> 15:47.080]  If you believe Congress has imposed the income tax on the ordinary working American like
[15:47.080 --> 15:52.280]  you, you desperately need to read Income Tax Shattering the Mist because you have bought
[15:52.280 --> 15:57.200]  the government's disinformation hook, line, and sinker.
[15:57.200 --> 16:02.040]  The good news is there is a single book that will forever blow that disinformation away
[16:02.040 --> 16:07.400]  and you will be forever free of the false narrative you've been brainwashed to believe.
[16:07.400 --> 16:09.160]  Don't you wish you could know the truth?
[16:09.160 --> 16:14.520]  You could utterly destroy the government's disinformation on a given subject by reading
[16:14.520 --> 16:16.000]  one book?
[16:16.000 --> 16:20.240]  Once you are free of their disinformation, the false belief they've inculcated in you
[16:20.240 --> 16:25.160]  without you even being aware of what they've done to you, then you can decide what you
[16:25.160 --> 16:26.600]  want to do about it.
[16:26.600 --> 16:32.640]  The same is true for why Americans are the sickest people on the planet in all of history.
[16:32.640 --> 16:37.400]  You can read one book and forever blow away that disinformation with which you've been
[16:37.400 --> 16:41.340]  programmed for the last 40 plus years.
[16:41.340 --> 16:46.940]  One book, Body Science, will destroy the disinformation they've inculcated in you without you being
[16:46.940 --> 16:48.140]  aware.
[16:48.140 --> 16:52.300]  Body Science then lays out for you, in an easy to understand manner, the true nutritional
[16:52.300 --> 16:57.220]  physiology that's been intentionally hidden from you your entire life.
[16:57.220 --> 17:01.460]  Once Body Science has blown the government's disinformation out of your mind and you can
[17:01.460 --> 17:05.740]  see the true science with your own eyes, you can then decide what you want to do about
[17:05.740 --> 17:06.740]  it.
[17:06.740 --> 17:10.620]  To blow the government's disinformation out of your mind and discover the truth, please
[17:10.620 --> 17:18.780]  go to drreality.news and pick up a copy of Income Tax Shattering the Miss and Body Science.
[17:18.780 --> 17:23.300]  You have my word they will be two of the most fascinating books you have ever read.
[17:23.300 --> 17:24.620]  The link is in the notes.
[17:24.620 --> 17:29.020]  Also, by purchasing Body Science and or Income Tax Shattering the Miss, you help me to continue
[17:29.020 --> 17:32.660]  to be here for you with these thought-provoking presentations.
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[17:34.740 --> 17:35.740]  Thanks for being here.
[17:35.740 --> 17:36.240]  Take care.