Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has embraced the app and is now pushing back against a proposed ban as his colleagues are set to question TikTok's CEO on Thursday.
of the app if ByteDance wouldn't sell its stake. The interagency group is reviewing potential national security risks stemming from ByteDance's 2017 acquisition of TikTok precursor Musical.ly. TikTok, in turn, has offered a sweeping plan to make its processes more transparent and removed from the parent company in an effort to quell the concerns.
That's led TikTok to be unfairly singled out, both as a social media company and a business with a Chinese owner, according to Bowman. The U.S. has many longstanding business ties with China, he said, and there are plenty of other China-based apps on American phones as well. Wednesday's press conference will highlight creators with more than 60 million collective followers who will share the app's impact on their lives. TikTok has leaned into the strategy of highlighting users in its appeal to lawmakers. On Tuesday,on TikTok's official account pointing to the company's 150 million monthly active users in the U.S. and asking those users to share in the comments what they love about the app.
He's found that TikTok has helped him reach new constituents he hadn't engaged before with other communication methods, particularly younger constituents.
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