Biden White House Repeatedly Entertained Lobbyists for TikTok
New evidence suggests that the Biden administration hosted lobbyists for TikTok, a Communist Chinese Party-tied TikTok, during his tenure.
The Washington Examiner reported Monday that TikTok and ByteDance, the app’s parent company, have made concentrated efforts to influence the Biden administration amid concerns the app shares user information Chinese Communist Party. Particularly, the lobbyists “visited the White House at least eight times between July 2021 and August 2022,” According to White House logs that were reviewed by The Examiner. The newspaper stated that logs provide a summary of the information. “window into how the Chinese government-linked social media operation has gained influence in Washington.”
As lawmakers, the report is now available Continue to discuss legislation For the app.
Director of the Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center Kara Frederick This news is extremely worrying, according to the source. “‘These people are doing the dirty work of the Chinese party state,'” Frederick told the Examiner. “’I don’t think we should mince words when it comes to that. They know what they’re doing.’”
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX), told the Examiner National security is at risk because of the Biden administration.
“‘I assumed President Biden rescinded Trump’s ban on TikTok because Hunter was getting kickbacks from China, but now we know TikTok’s lobbyists have also had unfettered access to the White House,’” Gooden said. “’President Biden must stop cozying up to Chinese companies and start putting our national security and American citizens first.’”
Gooden also called for a national ban on the app: “’TikTok must be banned nationwide to prevent the theft of American’s personal data.’”
Lawmakers have long expressed concerns about TikTok’s ties with communist China.
MRC Free Speech America reported ByteDance sold a share to WangTouZhongWen Technology in 2021, a Beijing-based company.
TikTok’s privacy policy allowed it to provide ByteDance with unlimited amounts of user data from the United States.
In 2021 Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) Led efforts Ban the app from official federal devices
Hawley stated that TikTok was at the time “a Trojan horse for the Chinese Communist Party that has no place on government devices—or any American devices, for that matter.” He said: “TikTok has repeatedly proven itself to be a malicious actor[,] but Joe Biden and Big Tech refuse to take the threat of Chinese espionage seriously. It’s time for Congress to act.”
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