Two Republican lawmakers are pressing President Joe Biden's reelection campaign to suspend its use of TikTok as long as the company is owned by ByteDance, which has ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Two Republican lawmakers are pressing President Joe Biden 's reelection campaign to suspend its use of TikTok as long as the company is owned by ByteDance, which has ties to the Chinese Communist Party .
Nehls and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, sent a letter to Biden on Friday addressing their concerns about his campaign using the platform. Biden on Wednesday signed legislation that gives ByteDance six months to divest itself from the social media platform or face having the app banned in the U.S. But his reelection campaign said the same day it will continue to use the platform as younger voters appear to be leaning more toward former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee."TikTok has a proven track record of spying on U.S. citizens," the letter from Nehls and Ernst stated.
The letter refers to Rob Flaherty, the Biden campaign's deputy manager, in explaining the reason to stay on Tik Tok: "We would be silly to write off any place where people are getting information about the president."
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