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>> FLYING OVER A BUNCH OF

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MARIJUANA PLANTS.

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>> THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRIPLE

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FRONT YEAR BETWEEN PARAGUAY,

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BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA.

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THE SCALE IS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO

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WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND.

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>> A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT

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THINGS ARE BEING SAID BUT NOBODY

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IS LISTENING.

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I'M GOING TO MAKE IT MORE FUN.

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>> TIKTOK HAS GIVEN PEOPLE A

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CHANCE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE

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COMMUNITY.

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BUT THE COMPANY HAS ALSO BEEN

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GIVING OFF SOME BIG BROTHER

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VIBES.

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>> THEY'VE DELIGHTED SO MUCH OF

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MY TIKTOK POSTS.

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I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO

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LET US KEEP DOING THIS.

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>> THESE GUYS ARE LEADING US TO

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A GUARD POST RIGHT BY THE RIVER.

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THEY ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO

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WEAR BUG SPRAY BECAUSE THE

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SMUGGLERS WILL SMELL IT AND

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DETECT THEM.

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THEY STAY HERE QUIETLY WITH

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INFERRED CAMERAS.

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>> THIS IS THE TRIPLE FRONT

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YEAR, THE THREE-WAY BORDER

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BETWEEN PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA AND

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BRAZIL.

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TONS OF CO-CONTAIN AND MARIJUANA

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FLOW THROUGH HERE EVERY YEAR.

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THAT'S WHY THE ARGENTINA NAVY

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PATROLS THIS AREA AROUND THE

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CLOCK.

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>> YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF

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PEOPLE THROUGH THE THERMAL

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CAMERA BUT THEY ARE NOT MOVING.

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IT COULD BE SMUGGLERS, OR

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FISHERMEN OUT HERE.

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ALL THEY CAN DO IS SIT HERE

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HOURS AND HOURS AND HOPE THE

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SMUGGLERS USE THIS PARTICULAR

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SPOT TO UNLOAD ON THE ARGENTINA

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SIDE.

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BUT FOR ALL THEY TRY, THEY DON'T

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USUALLY CATCH ANY SMUGGLERS.

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THAT'S BECAUSE THE AUTHORITIES

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HERE ARE AT A SERIOUS

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DISADVANTAGE.

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UNLIKE CRIMINALS, THEY HAVE TO

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RESPECT INTERNATIONAL BORDERS.

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>> THIS IS AN ARGENTINA NAVY

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PATROL BOAT.

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THEY ARE PATROLLING UP AND DOWN

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THE RIVER LOOKING OUT FOR PEOPLE

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TRYING TO CROSS FROM ONE BANK TO

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ANOTHER.

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YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CROSS

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HERE, JUST CROSSING IS ILLEGAL.

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IF THEY DO SEE SOMEONE PREPARED

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TO CROSS, THEY CAN'T DO

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ANYTHING, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO

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THAT, THEY HAVE TO CROSS INTO

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ANOTHER COUNTRY'S TERRITORY.

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NO ONE COUNTRY CAN PATROL A

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PLACE THREE COUNTRIES MEET.

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IT BECOMES A SORT OF LAWLESS NO

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MAN'S LAND EASILY EXPLOITED BY

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TRAFFICKERS.

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>> THE TRIPLE FRONT YEAR WAS

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ONCE LITTLE MORE THAN A BACK

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WATER BUT NOW ONE OF THE MOST

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IMPORTANT PLACES IN THE WORLD

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WHEN IT COMES TO THE DRUG TRADE.

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THE REASON, THEY USE PARAGUAY TO

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PRODUCE AND TRANSPORT HUGS

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AMOUNTS OF DRUGS TO BRAZIL AND

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ARGENTINA WHERE THEY GO TO

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MARKETS FAR BEYOND.

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THESE ROUTES ACCOUNT FOR AN

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IMPORTANT SHIFT IN THE MARKET OF

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DRUGS.

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BRAZIL USED TO BE MERELY A

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CONSUMER BUT POWERFUL GANGS HAVE

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TURNED IT INTO A MAJOR EXPORT.

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AUTHORITIES SEIZE MORE THAN 150

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TONS OF COCAINE AND MARIJUANA.

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THAT'S A TINY FRACTION OF WHAT

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FLOWS THROUGH.

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THIS IS A CHECK POINT RUN BY THE

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ARGENTINA BORDER POLICE.

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ONE OF THE FEW YOU WILL FIND.

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EVEN STILL, THE SMUGGLERS FIND

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WAYS AROUND.

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FOR ONE THING, THEY ARE NOT

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STOPPING

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STOPPING TRUCKS WITH ARGENTINA

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PLATES LIKE THIS ONE.

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WHEN THEY DO SEIZE DRUGS, THEY

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RUN OUT OF PLACES TO PUT THEM.

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>> ONE RECENT SEIZURE WAS SO

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LARGE, THEY HAD TO REPURPOSE

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A SEMI TO STORE IT.

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FLURK.

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>> THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE

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LAWLESSNESS OF THE TRIPLE FRONT

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YEAR LIES IN PARAGUAY.

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EVEN BY LATIN AMERICAN

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STANDARDS, PARAGUAY IS A

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PROFOUNDLY ILLEGAL COUNTRY GOING

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BACK TO THE DICTATORSHIP.

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THE TINY RULING CLASS HAS A

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HISTORY OF INVOLVEMENT WITH DRUG

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TRAFFICKING AND MONEY

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LAUNDERING.

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GLOBALIZATION OPENED THE BORDERS

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TO FREE TRADE IN THE 90s AND THE

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UNDERBELLY, TRANSNATIONAL

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ORGANIZED CRIME.

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POWERFUL GANGS FROM BRAZIL

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OPERATE FREELY ACROSS THE

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BORDER.

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THE BIGGEST OF THEM.

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THE FIRST COMMAND OF THE CAPITAL

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OR THE PCC PATROLS THE CITY.

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VERY FEW PEOPLE THERE ARE

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WILLING TO STAND UP TO THE

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GANGS.

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ONE OF THEM, AN INVESTIGATIVE

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REPORTER WHO HAS BEEN ON THE

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DRUG BEAT FOR DECADES.

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HE LIVES UNDER 24-HOUR

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PROTECTION FROM A HEAVILY ARMED

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POLICE DETAIL.

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>> I LOVE IT.

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>> TRAFFICKERS USE THE CITY TO

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FUNL CO-CONTAIN FROM COLUMBIA,

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PERU AND BOLIVIA.

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FROM THERE, IT IS SHIPPED TO

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AFRICA AND THEN TRAVELS THROUGH

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THE EUROPEAN MARKET.

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THIS PLACE THAT SEEMS LIKE A

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SLEEPY CITY, HIDES A MORE

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SYNISTER REALITY.

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THE PCC RULES THE BORDER LANDS

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THROUGH A COMBINATION OF

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POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND TERROR.

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MUCH OF THEIR RECRUITING HAPPENS

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IN PRISONS.

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IN THE MOST RECENT DISPLAY OF

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JUST HOW MUCH POWER THEY HAVE,

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THE GANG PULLED OFF A

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SPECTACULAR PRISON BREAK

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INVOLVING DOZENS OF INMATES.

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THIS IS THE PRISON MORE THAN 70

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PEOPLE ESCAPED FROM IN JANUARY.

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THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY

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BRAZILIAN GANGS PREFER TO

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OPERATE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO

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WEAK AND CORRUPTIBLE THAT THE

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PCC WAS ABLE TO TAKE OVER AN

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ENTIRE WING OF THE JAIL TO DIG

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TUNNELS AND WHY 70 OF THEM WERE

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ABLE TO JUST WALK OUT.

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>> THIS OFFICER WORK IS WORKING

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ON VEST BASING THE PRISON BREAK.

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>> HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR MORE

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THAN 70 PEOPLE TO ESCAPE FROM A

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PRISON?

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>> HOW DEEP IS THE CORRUPTION

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PROBLEM IN THE PRISONS?

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>> SINCE PARAGUAY CAN'T CONTROL

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WHAT HAPPENS IN ITS PRISONS OR

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ACROSS ITS BORDERS, IT SENDS IN

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POLICE TO FIND PLANTATIONS TO

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CUT DOWN THE PLANTS ONE BY ONE.

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MOST OF THE LAND IN PARAGUAY IS

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OWNED BY A FEW FAMILIES.

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THEY OWN SO MUCH LAND THAT

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PEOPLE CAN SNEAK ON AND GROW

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ENORMOUS EXPANSES OF WEED.

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>> WE ARE ON A MASSIVE PIECE OF

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LAND OWNED BY ONE OF THE

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RICHEST, MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN

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PARAGUAY.

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WE ARE ON A SOY FIELD.

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THAT IS THE HELICOPTER THAT IS

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GOING TO TAKE US TO A MARIJUANA

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FIELD GROWING INSIDE A FOREST

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INSIDE THIS PERSON'S LAND.

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THE LAND OWNERS ALERTED THE

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AUTHORITIES IN THIS CASE.

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IN OTHER CASES, THEY WORK HAND

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IN HAND WITH THE GROWERS.

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WEED IS STILL ILLEGAL HERE AND A

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HUGE BUSINESS.

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PARAGUAY IS THE NUMBER ONE

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GROWER ON THE CONTINENT.

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MOSTLY FOR EXPORT.

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>> WE ARE OVERT TONS OF MARIJUAA

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PLANTS.

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>> THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE

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EIGHT DAYS AND HAVEN'T EVEN CUT

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DOWN HALF OF WHAT THEY FOUND.

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WHAT THEY FOUND HERE IS A TINY

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FRACTION OF THE 20 TO 30,000

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HECTARS THEY FOUND.

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THIS IS BASICALLY A FUTILE

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EXERCISE.

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PARAGUAY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST

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MARIJUANA PRODUCERS IN THE

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WORLD.

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THE SCALE IS DIFFICULT TO WRAP

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YOUR HEAD AROUND.

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EACH ONE OF THESE ROUGHLY

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SOCCER-SIZED PARCELS OF

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MARIJUANA PLANTS GROWS ROUGHLY

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$1.5 MILLION

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$1.5 MILLION IN BRAZIL WHERE

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MOST OF THIS IS GOING.

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IT IS BRAZILIAN GANGS USING

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PARAGUAY TERRITORY AS A GIANT

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GROW HOUSE.

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>> THOSE CRIMINAL GROUPS ARE

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LOCATED IN BRAZIL'S BIGGEST

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CITIES.

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IT IS HERE THAT THEY'VE EVOLVED

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FROM LOCAL PRISON GANGS INTO SOW

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SIFT INDICATED TRANSNATIONAL

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BUSINESSES CAPABLE OF HANDLING

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BUSINESSES ACROSS BORDERS.

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>> A COMMON REFRAIN FOR

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CRIMINALS EVERYWHERE.

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A REALITY THAT GOVERNMENTS HAVE

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COME TO BASICALLY ACCEPT.

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NO MATTER WHICH SIDE OF THE

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THREE BORDERS YOU ARE ON, THE

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DRUG WAR LOOKS THE SAME.

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THE STATE WOULD RATHER COEXIST

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WITH ORGANIZED CRIME THAN

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ADDRESS THE ROOT CONDITIONS, THE

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INEQUALITY AND CORRUPTION THAT

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ALLOW IT TO THRIVE.

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>> SINCE THE PANDEMIC HIT, A LOT

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OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLING

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TO ADJUST TO ONLINE LIFE.

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MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT

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SPACE, THEIR VIRTUAL LIVES AND

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IRL LIVES WERE ALREADY PRETTY

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WELL INTEGRATED.

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>> ALMOST GOT IT.

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YOU GOT TO COMMIT.

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>> A MESSAGE FOR ALL THE

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ENVIRONMENTALISTS OUT THERE, SO

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THEY ARE MAKING A TIKTOK.

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>> YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THAT ONE?

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>> EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY.

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>> CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVEISM OR

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ARE YOU JUST A FASCIST.

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>> TIKTOK LAUNCHED IN 2018 BUT

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BLUE UP THE NEXT YEAR.

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IT IS ESTIMATED THERE ARE AT

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LEAST 800 MILLION ACTIVE MONTHLY

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USERS.

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MOST IN INDIA BUT ALSO GETTING

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TRACTION IN THE U.S.

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NOT JUST KIDS.

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YOU ARE LIABLE TO SEE SOCCER

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MOMS, COPS.

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PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE USING IT.

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STILL MOSTLY KNOWN FOR DANCE

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TRENDS AND FAMILY FRIENDLY

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MEMES.

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BUT SOME USE IT A LITTLE

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DIFFERENTLY.

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THEIR VIDEOS FOCUS ON BREAKING

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DOWN THE POLITICS ON THINGS LIKE

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RACE AND GENDER WITH SOME IN

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YOUR FACE HUMOR.

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>> A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS ARE

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BEING SAID BUT NO ONE IS

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LISTENING BECAUSE YOU ARE

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TALKING IN 20-POINT TWITTER

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THREADS.

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I'M GOING DO IT AND MAKE IT MORE

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FUN AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.

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>> I CAN SEE PART OF YOUR AIM IS

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EDUCATION.

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YOU ARE DOING IT ON AN APP WHERE

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CRINGY PRETOOENS MAKE CRINGY

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VIDEOS.

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>> YEP.

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>> THAT'S RIGHT.

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THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT APP IS FOR

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I'M AWARE.

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BUTS THAT WHY THIS IS THE

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PERFECT PLACE TO DO IT.

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NOBODY IS EXPECTING THIS.

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>> ON FACEBOOK ON TWITTER, GOING

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VIRAL MEANS GETTING YOUR

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FOLLOWERS TO SHARE YOUR POST WHO

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WILL SHARE WITH THEIR FOLLOWERS

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AND ON.

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TIKTOK IS DIFFERENT, THE KEY TO

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GOING VIRAL HERE IS TO DO

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WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET ON THE

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FOR YOU PAGE WHICH THE COMPANY

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SAYS IS AUTOMATICALLY OCCURATED.

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IT FUNLS AN ENDLESS STREAM OF

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VIDEOS.

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BUT CREATORS AREN'T TRYING TO

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GET IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, THEY

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ARE TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF A

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TARGET AUDIENCE.

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>> THEY'VE BEEN RESEARCHING

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ONLINE CULTURE THE LAST DECADE.

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>> ON TIKTOK, WE SEE YOUNG

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PEOPLE TALK ABOUT POLITICS

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THROUGH A PERSONAL LENS.

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IT IS A PLATFORM THAT FEELS

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REALLY COMFORTABLE FOR YOUNG

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PEOPLE.

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>> WHAT IS YOUR RESEARCH

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FINDING?

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>> ON THE FACE OF IT, VIDEOS

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MIGHT SEEM LIKE SILLY FUN BUT

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THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT.

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SOMEONE MIGHT LIP SYNC TRUMP'S

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WE NEED TO BUILD A WALL SPEECH

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BUT IN THE COMMENT, THEY MIGHT

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HAVE SOME REALLY INTERESTING

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COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT THE

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IMPLICATION OF IMMIGRATION.

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HEAVY STUFF THAT CAN LEAD TO

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SOLIDARITY, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

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THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

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THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR

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MINORITIES FEELING VULNERABLE IN

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THIS POLITICAL MOMENT.

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>> YOU ARE ARABIC?

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I LOVE HUMUS.

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>> DE-ANNA HAS OVER 16 OF 2,000

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FOLLOWERS AND OVER 5 MILLION

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LIKES.

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SHE MAKES TIKTOKS ABOUT WHAT IT

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IS LIKE TO BE ARAB AND FIRST

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GENERATION IMMIGRANT IN AMERICA.

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>> SO I USUALLY REST IT ON THIS

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THING.

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OKAY.

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>> I'M GOOD.

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>> I JUST ATE.

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WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

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>> SORRY.

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SORRY.

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>> HAVING A HUGE FOLLOWING COMES

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WITH A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY.

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>> I HAVE THIS PLATFORM AND I'M

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GOING TO USE IT TO REPRESENT

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THAT OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN

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PEOPLE.

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IN THE U.S., IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN

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HUSH ABOUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN

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AND WHAT YOUR COUNTRY IS GOING

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THROUGH.

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>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING ARE

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NOT ARAB.

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YOU MAY BE THE ONLY ARAB PERSON

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THEY SEE ON ANY SCREEN THIS YEAR

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AND THEY ARE WATCHING AND

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LAUGHING.

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?

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>> IT SUCKS BECAUSE YOU KNOW SO

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OFTEN, IT IS LIKE ARAB,

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TERRORISTS.

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THAT'S THE JOKE.

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ARE YOU ASKING IF PEOPLE ARE

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LAUGHING AT MY CULTURE?

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>> DO YOU EVER WORRY ABOUT THAT?

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>> NO.

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IF YOU ARE LAUGHING AT SOMEBODY

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ELSE'S CULTURE, THAT'S IGNORANT.

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YOU'VE GOT TO WORK ON THAT.

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IF I WORRY ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, I

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WOULDN'T MAKE THE VIDEOS THAT

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WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER YOUNGER

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KIDS TO STAY GROUNDED IN THEIR

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ROOTS.

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>> TIKTOK IS GIVING CREATORS A

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PLACE TO CONNECT AND SHARE

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CULTURES BUT THE APP IS ALSO

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MAKING A LOT OF PEOPLE NERVOUS.

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TIKTOK AND ITS PARENT COMPANY

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BYTE DANCE ARE UNDER

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INVESTIGATION BY MULTIPLE U.S.

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AGENCIES OVER USER SURVEILLANCE.

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A FELLOW AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL

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FOCUSING ON CYBER SECURITY AND

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GOVERNMENT POLICY.

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>> FROM A CYBER SECURITY

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STANDPOINT, WHAT ARE THE

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CONCERNS ABOUT TIKTOK?

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>> THE FIRST IS DATA SECURITY.

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THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED

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THAT TIKTOK IS LOCATED IN CHINA.

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ALL IT TAKE IS BE JIJING SENDINA

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CAR DOWN THE STREET KNOCKING ON

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TIKTOK'S DOOR AND DEMANDING THE

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INFORMATION.

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THE SECOND CONCERN IS AROUND

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CENSORSHIP.

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>> IT IS NOT JUST CHINESE BASED.

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>> YOU THINK ABOUT FACEBOOK AND

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CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA, THAT WAS

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EXPLOSIVE.

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IF YOU ARE GOING TO POINT THE

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FINGER AT CHINA, A LOT OF P

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EMWILL POINT AT THE U.S. AND SAY

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LOOK AT HOW THE NSA HAS TAPPED

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IN TO SPY ON PEOPLE.

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>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THE

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AFRGS

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00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:18,929
AVERAGE TIKTOK USER?

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>> THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE

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BROADER USE OF APPS WE USE.

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THERE IS USE OF TIKTOK, THERE

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00:24:27,470 --> 00:24:30,136
HAVE BEEN CONCERNS RAISED WITH

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OTHER PLATFORMS.

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THIS IS A CHANCE TO EDUCATE

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YOURSELF AND HAVE THAT

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CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR

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NOT WE AS SOCIETY SHOULD BE

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USING APPS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY

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PRIVACY OR SAFE GUARDS IN PLACE.

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00:24:43,595 --> 00:24:45,929
>> TIKTOK DID NOT IMMEDIATELY

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RESPOND THOUGH THE COMPANY HAS

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SAID ITS TOP BRIE ORITY IS,

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QUOTE, EARNING THE TRUST OF

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USERS AND THAT IT DOESN'T SHA

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INFORMATION WITH CHINA.

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THEY DID ADMIT THEY HAVE BEEN

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00:25:00,053 --> 00:25:03,053
HIDING VIDEOS MADE BY DISABLED,

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00:25:03,136 --> 00:25:05,303
QUEER AND FAT PEOPLE.

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00:25:05,387 --> 00:25:09,553
THEY SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO

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PROTECT JULY

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PROTECT VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

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00:25:11,970 --> 00:25:16,053
THEY WON'T TAKE DOWN VIDEOS

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CLASSIFIED AS, QUOTE, COUNTER

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SPEECH.

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00:25:19,637 --> 00:25:21,220
THAT IS STILL VAGUE.

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FOR MOST YOUNG PEOPLE, THE IDEA

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OF A COMPANY OR GOVERNMENT

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KEEPING TABS ON YOU ISN'T

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PARTICULARLY NEW.

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00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:31,220
WHAT DOES FEEL NEW ARE THE WAYS

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PEOPLE ARE FINDING TO SHARE

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THEIR PERSPECTIVES.

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>> A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO

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LIVES ON A NAVAJO RESERVATION

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JUST OUTSIDE THE UTAH STATE

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LINE.

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>> I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE

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MEETING.

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I'M THROWING IN MY CHIPS ♪

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I TEND TO PUSH MY LUCK.

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>> MY DAD WAS SLEEPING.

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IT WAS ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

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I DID MY NIGHT ROUTINE.

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IT WAS LIKE 2,000 LIKES AND 20

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COMMENTS.

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I WAS LIKE WHAT?

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I FORGOT I MADE A TIKTOK.

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THAT RACKED UP 100,000 LIKES AND

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SHE PICKED UP A TON OF FOLLOWERS

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LIKE WHY SHE WANTED TO LIVE IN A

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PLACE WITH NO ELECTRICITY OR

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RUNNING WATER.

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>> THAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST.

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THIS IS OUR LAND.

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OUR ANCESTORS FOUGHT FOR IT.

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THIS IS WHAT WE CALL HOME.

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>> WHO DO YOU MAKE TIKTOKS FOR?

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00:26:44,553 --> 00:26:48,387
>> FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE HOW

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NATIVE NAVAJO LIVE.

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>> SEEING LIVE FROM SOMEONE WHO

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LIVES THERE IS RARE AND ITS

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GOTTEN HER A FAN BASE BUT THAT'S

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NOT HER GOAL.

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00:27:00,512 --> 00:27:02,053
HOLIDAY IS JUST FOCUSING ON

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THAT.

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>> A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE

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00:27:04,261 --> 00:27:05,845
SOMETHING AND IT DOES WELL, THEY

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00:27:05,929 --> 00:27:07,553
JUST WANT TO CHASE THAT AND GET

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WHATEVER I CAN DO TO GET MORE

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LIKES AND MORE SHARES OR

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COMMENTS.

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00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:16,345
>> I'M NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.

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I'M HAPPY WHERE MY TIKTOK IS.

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00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,553
>> I THINK YOU ARE THE FIRST

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TEENAGER I'VE TALKED TO WHO IS

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NOT CHASING CLOUT.

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>> HAPPY WHERE I'M AT.

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MY GENERATION HAS A BRIGHT

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FUTURE.

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I JUST WANT TO CHANGE THE

510
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PERSPECTIVE OF THAT.

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I JUST WANT TO CHANGE THE