Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
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X community adds a context note to Rand Paul post: Kentucky Senator Rand Paul posted "They want to ban TikTok because it’s “owned by China” Not true. 60% of the company is owned by US and international investors. 20% is owned by the company founders. 20% is owned by company employees, including over 7,000 Americans. The CEO of TikTok is from Singapore, not China. So ask yourself why they keep repeating this lie to scare you?" The X community added a note to the post that read: "Readers added context they thought people might want to know. In 2021, a Chinese state-owned enterprise purchased a 'golden share' stake in ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, allowing the Chinese government to outvote all other shareholders. economist.com/business/china… reuters.com/article/china-… ft.com/content/65e608…" The label is part of X’s Community Notes system. X users are able to sign up as contributors to add context to posts. X owner Elon Musk shared that any post with a Community Note added to it will be demonetized. The Community Notes account on X also posted that notices will be pushed to users who previously engaged with a post when a Community Note is added to it later. 

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