, who supports anti-TikTok legislation, in opposing the bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which may lead to TikTok being banned in the United States over national security concerns from lawmakers.
In 2023, ByteDance sprinkled $20,000 into the James E. Clyburn Scholarship and Research Foundation, which is “committed to educating the community by advocating for continuous process of education, career, and life development,” according to lobbying.
In the case of the 2021 donation, it was one of only two contributions that ByteDance reported on its year-end lobbying report. The other grant was $10,000 to support Taste of the South, a ritzy annual gala in Washington, D.C., “If you are ever going to change Washington, D.C., for the better, you have to get the money out of Washington, D.C.,” Nehls, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, told the. “It should concern us all. Now you know why he didn’t support the legislation. You know the old adage, follow the money? There you go.”