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Bevan Hurley

Spy balloon videos dominated TikTok. Why didn’t China stop them?

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As cable news networks were scrambling to get cameras to Myrtle Beach to capture F-22 fighter jets circling a Chinese surveillance balloon, TikToks of the dramatic confrontation were already going viral on the world’s most popular app.

Real estate broker Scott Comey posted two clips showing military aircraft circling the balloon above his South Carolina home on Saturday afternoon that racked up about 180,000 views.

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