The decision of President Joe Biden‘s campaign to join TikTok has sparked bipartisan criticism, with lawmakers expressing concerns about national security and data privacy.
What Happened: The Biden campaign’s move to join the video-based social media platform TikTok has drawn criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, reported The Hill on Monday.
Republican senators, including Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), have criticized the decision, citing data privacy and national security concerns about TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, which is based in Beijing. Cotton labeled TikTok “A spy all for the Chinese Communist Party” on X, formerly Twitter.
TikTok is a spy app for the Chinese Communist Party. — Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) February 12, 2024
It's used to push propaganda on American kids and steal data.
It's shameful that Biden is embracing TikTok to compensate for bad polls driven by his mental decline.
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Ernst pointed out that Biden had signed legislation in December ...