Breaking News: Bipartisan ire flares after POLITICO reveals Chinese Embassy's quiet TikTok lobbying
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Bipartisan ire flares after POLITICO reveals Chinese Embassy's quiet TikTok lobbying
04/18/2024 11:58 AM EDT
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle aired outrage Thursday after a POLITICO report that the Chinese embassy lobbied members of Congress on legislation that would force the sale of TikTok by its Beijing-based parent company.
"These reports are no surprise. The Chinese Communist Party has a vested interest in keeping TikTok under its current ownership structure in the United States so it can influence and spy on Americans," Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), outgoing chair of the House's select China panel, said in a statement to POLITICO. "The more the CCP digs in to retain control of the platform, the more it demonstrates exactly why we must divest TikTok from the CCP."