How TikTok and its parent company spent over $13 million on struggling lobbying campaign

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How TikTok and ByteDance spent over $13 million on a stalled lobbying campaign

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Regardless of their impact on lawmakers, creators' pleas to maintain access to TikTok in the U.S. have seemed to resonate with many American users who see the app as a source of entertainment, information and even income. "I don't think they won over any lawmakers," Alex Moore, communications director for Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., said of TikTok's pre-hearing lobbying. Bringing in TikTok creators to amplify the company's message "hasn't swayed my boss," Moore added.

that passed out of the committee last Congress, said she hopes the hearing brings renewed momentum to privacy protections that would apply to other large tech companies as well.ByteDance's quarterly lobbying reports show all of their in-house lobbyists work for TikTok. They include Beckerman, who once worked as a policy director for former GOP Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, along with Freddy Barnes, who had a stint in Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office.

 

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schwartzbCNBC Interesting.. maybe the not so good conclusion by CNBC.. What if the only outcome was stalling the US Fed government. Then the lobbying was successful.. This has been ongoing for 4 years and more

This is peanuts for lobbying. All because TikTok is not controlled by the US government like the liberal media. Like CNBC. This tweet will be buried bc of that.

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