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By Evita Duffy-Alfonso, The Federalist, March 27, 2023

Evita Duffy-Alfonso is a staff writer to The Federalist and the co-founder of the Chicago Thinker. …

The apparent TikTok influence campaign highlights the app’s power and danger.

Parents rightfully wonder whether TikTok trends that harm American teenagers are boosted intentionally by Beijing. Lawmakers, however, should consider whether Beijing is boosting TikTok trends that are harmful to America’s political interests as well. Consider the odd case of the Willow Project.

On Feb. 20, the Alaska House passed a resolution asking for President Joe Biden’s final approval of the Willow Project, a bipartisan-supported Alaskan oil-drilling venture the president has since greenlit. Within a few days of the Alaska House approval, several op-eds from environmentalists began cropping up, urging Biden to reject the oil venture. …

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