In order to prevent the CCP from using the Douyin platform to spread false information and endanger national security, the government may regulate it by amending the "Reverse Infiltration Law" or "National Security Law" in the future. The MAC is studying the feasibility of amending the law.

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[Reporter Chen Yufu/Taipei Report] The Chinese short video platform "Douyin" and its overseas version "TikTok" are involved in the return of user data to Beijing. The Ministry of Digital Development has listed it as a "product that endangers national information security" and restricted the public sector Information and communication equipment and its field use.

According to reports, in order to prevent the CCP from using the TikTok platform to spread false information and endanger national security, the government may regulate the "Reverse Infiltration Law" or the "National Security Law" in the future. The MAC is discussing the feasibility of amending the law.

China Leverages TikTok Platform for Cognitive Warfare

The national security unit has grasped that the CCP’s political propaganda against Taiwan has achieved the purpose of disseminating false information and cultural infiltration through Douyin, and the CCP has invested in Douyin in the name of CCTV. Douyin has become a platform controlled by the state; Red influences the cognition of young people in Taiwan through Douyin and Xiaohongshu.

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According to official internal research, Douyin and "TikTok" are very harmful. Countries' handling of the issues involved in "TikTok" is mainly divided into three categories: "Information Security Issues", "Content Issues", and "Fake News". Currently, except India In addition to restricting the use of "TikTok" in its territory by means of network blocking, other countries have not banned its use by ordinary people. The United States and Australia have banned the use of the military or public sector, but Taiwan has suffered more seriously than other countries in the world.

The task force of the Political Yuan Group discusses the prevention and control of hazards

It is understood that the Executive Yuan has formed a task force and invited the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Education, the Communications Council, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the National Development Council, and the Mainland Affairs Council to discuss how to prevent the harm of Douyin; It was also discussed at one time that if "TikTok" is removed from the shelves by blocking, although it cannot completely prevent Chinese people from using it, it can achieve a certain degree of "harm reduction" effect, but how to deal with it is still needed for further discussion by various ministries.

In addition, in response to the CCP’s use of the TikTok platform to carry out cognitive warfare, it is more likely to regulate it through amendments to the “Reverse Infiltration Law” or the “National Security Law”.