TikTok users protest proposals for US ban at Congress FMTNews FMTWorld
Lawmakers have complained that TikTok is able to pass users’ data to the government in Beijing.
Lawmakers and government officials have complained that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is able to pass users’ data to the government in Beijing and are calling for it to be removed from app stores unless it is sold to a US firm. A group of around a dozen teenagers, teachers and business owners rallied at Congress to discuss their opposition to a potential ban and draw attention to the benefits of TikTok on their lives and livelihoods.“I kind of built my business on TikTok, so this poses somewhat of a problem for me and my business,” aspiring soapmaking entrepreneur @countrylather2020 told her 70,000 followers in a video recorded after she arrived in the capital.
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