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." Read the latest

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