Isabel Brown

well the truth is charlie we wouldn't be preparing for a trump inauguration in just over a week if it weren't for tick tock it has been astounding to see the impact that that campaign had on one social media platform in fact according to tick tock employees trump is outperforming his performance on every other social media platform on tick tock by a factor of five so he's five times more impactful

on TikTok than anywhere else.

on TikTok than anywhere else.

But of that nearly 200 million Americans that you just mentioned that use the platform every single day, about 70% of those individuals are Generation Z, are this next great generation that we're starting to see become overwhelmingly conservative, largely because of accounts like yours, Donald Trump's, and so many others engaging with young people in an authentic, honest conversation that feels a lot more tangible and accessible on TikTok than it does on Meta or YouTube per se.

But of that nearly 200 million Americans that you just mentioned that use the platform every single day, about 70% of those individuals are Generation Z, are this next great generation that we're starting to see become overwhelmingly conservative, largely because of accounts like yours, Donald Trump's, and so many others engaging with young people in an authentic, honest conversation that feels a lot more tangible and accessible on TikTok than it does on Meta or YouTube per se.

What's been really fascinating this last week is that there's been a much larger conversation opening up related to free speech on social media, not just from the First Amendment perspective, but from content policy and moderation perspectives, too. In fact, Mark Zuckerberg just said they're backtracking on meta to get rid of fact checkers and censorship programs.

What's been really fascinating this last week is that there's been a much larger conversation opening up related to free speech on social media, not just from the First Amendment perspective, but from content policy and moderation perspectives, too. In fact, Mark Zuckerberg just said they're backtracking on meta to get rid of fact checkers and censorship programs.

of conservative ideas, largely because of TikTok. Now, I know we've all had our frustrations with certain censorship issues and accounts getting shut down over the last several years, but I've been screaming from the rooftops for about a year and a half that only one platform has been regularly reaching out to myself

of conservative ideas, largely because of TikTok. Now, I know we've all had our frustrations with certain censorship issues and accounts getting shut down over the last several years, but I've been screaming from the rooftops for about a year and a half that only one platform has been regularly reaching out to myself

and other conservative creators to insist that we have a home on their platform, and that is TikTok. Frankly, the only reason that these conservative values are becoming trendy and cool again is because young people are confronting them where they are in a language they understand.

and other conservative creators to insist that we have a home on their platform, and that is TikTok. Frankly, the only reason that these conservative values are becoming trendy and cool again is because young people are confronting them where they are in a language they understand.

I absolutely do, Charlie, namely because this is a matter of First Amendment freedom of expression rights for all American citizens.

I absolutely do, Charlie, namely because this is a matter of First Amendment freedom of expression rights for all American citizens.

I'd be really curious to hear everything that was said in the oral arguments today, but I do know this free speech angle was of the utmost importance for TikTok's legal team and I'm sure will be based in existing Supreme Court precedent from a case back in the 1960s called Lamont v. Postmaster General.

I'd be really curious to hear everything that was said in the oral arguments today, but I do know this free speech angle was of the utmost importance for TikTok's legal team and I'm sure will be based in existing Supreme Court precedent from a case back in the 1960s called Lamont v. Postmaster General.

way back then american citizens wanted to receive propaganda that the united states government had deemed to be against national security from the then communist party of russia and ultimately it was determined that your free speech rights in america don't just protect what you say out loud but also protect what the supreme court called your right to receive

way back then american citizens wanted to receive propaganda that the united states government had deemed to be against national security from the then communist party of russia and ultimately it was determined that your free speech rights in america don't just protect what you say out loud but also protect what the supreme court called your right to receive

So when our federal government, namely Congress, from a bipartisan perspective, is making the argument that this is against the issues of national security currently occupied by the White House and by those on Capitol Hill, they're really ignoring this right to receive that Americans have baked into our Constitution to not just say something that might be unpopular, but to hear a difference of opinion as well.

So when our federal government, namely Congress, from a bipartisan perspective, is making the argument that this is against the issues of national security currently occupied by the White House and by those on Capitol Hill, they're really ignoring this right to receive that Americans have baked into our Constitution to not just say something that might be unpopular, but to hear a difference of opinion as well.

Oh, it can't be underscored, Charlie. There are quite literally millions of American small businesses that have been built up thanks to TikTok alone in this post-COVID era that would essentially cease to exist almost instantaneously. Some economists are projecting this could yield a massive unemployment rise.