A battalion of TikTok influencers rallied in Washington Wednesday to protest against Congress’ potential ban on the app
TikTok influencers descended on Washington to voice their opposition to Congress’ potential ban of the popular video-sharing app ahead of heated hearings on Capitol Hill.
US officials put Chew on the hot seat over TikTok’s parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., and how the app could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans or promote divisive or manipulative content. “It would be difficult to be able to support a candidate that would take away something that is so integral to the direction we’re going as a society,” said Baedri Nichole, a bakery owner from Columbus, Ohio, whose “hot cocoa bomb” confection is a hit on TikTok.
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