Ashton Kutcher always seemed like a solid dude. There are political disagreements and some issues he's wrong on. But unlike a lot of celebrities, he's usually not a dick about it. You can have a beer, respectfully disagree, then move on to other things. Also, The Ranch was one of the best shows to have come out in recent years.

Instead of chasing whatever the issue du jour is that Hollywood PR firms are pushing on their clients, Kutcher zeroes in on his own issue: protecting children. He's testified before Congress about human trafficking and puts his money where his mouth is to fight it. Kutcher is also concerned about his own kids and social media, especially TikTok.

I usually cringe when celebrities get involved with TikTok. They're usually too busy thinking about their bank accounts to speak out against China. Kutcher did none of those things and was brutally honest about the app and the country that owns it on the "American Optimist" podcast.

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If I'm China, and I want to create a problem in that area of the world — specifically a naval problem in ... the South China Sea — I would probably want to utilize TikTok in order to influence the minds of Americans in an anti-U.S. propaganda, anti-Taiwanese propaganda effort. ...

I think we're about to face a reckoning in that particular domain. It's going to probably change what social media looks like in the future. My sense as a fervent American is that it's getting extraordinarily dangerous, for not just individuals, but for the country at large. ... If the trendline continues on the path that it's on today, my kids will not be on social media.

Yes, the same TikTok your kids do cute little dances to. Also, the same TikTok that says they can collect users' biometric information. That TikTok. Which is owned by the communist Chinese. Good on Kutcher for speaking out!

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