TikTok Hearing: Influencers make their case to the press
2 years ago

TikTok Hearing: Influencers make their case to the press

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This week, TikTok came to Washington for what turned out to be a public flogging. In December, Sen. Marco Rubio introduced legislation to ban the Chinese-owned platform from the country altogether, and now the Biden administration is threatening to boot the app if ByteDance does not sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to a domestic owner. “If there were to be a ban, I would lose a major source of income and a major source of community—not just for my business but for my life.” On the eve of the congressional hearing she told me, “I’m trying not to think about tomorrow.” Another TikTokker I met was Aidan Kohn-Murphy, the founder of a progressive advocacy group called Gen-Z for Change, who highlighted the uniqueness of the TikTok algorithm and how he feels it prioritizes authenticity. Some members of Congress made plain how concerned they are that TikTok’s Chinese owners could abuse the platform for nefarious ends. When I first heard that TikTok would be “flooding D.C. with influencers,” my mind inevitably jumped to the Charli D’Amelio or brand ambassador archetype.

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