The guy AOC crushed in her first election is back on the Hill — and this time he's trying to save TikTok
TikTok is under intense pressure from US lawmakers both at the federal level in Washington and in states across the country over alleged national security threats it poses as a Chinese-owned company.
The popular social media platform has hired multiple former lawmakers and Hill staffers, both Democrats and Republicans, to help handle growing criticism and calls to ban the app in Washington. Politico that about three dozen people lobbied federal lawmakers for TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, in Washington in just the last three months of 2022. in order to alleviate some concerns about the Chinese government's ability to collect data on American users through the app.
The White House is also supportive of legislation that would allow the federal government to fully ban TikTok if national security concerns aren't resolved. The Trump administration similarly called for TikTok to be sold to an American buyer and former President Donald Trump
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