{"id":1905399,"date":"2023-03-27T13:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-bucks-growing-bipartisan-support-for-tiktok-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:44:44","slug":"aoc-bucks-growing-bipartisan-support-for-tiktok-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-bucks-growing-bipartisan-support-for-tiktok-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Bipartisan Support for TikTok Ban by AOC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-bucks-growing-bipartisan-support-for-tiktok-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1905399&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p><h2>TikTok donated$ 150k to the organization that has a communist congressman as an advisor.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez( D., N.) is pictured with a left-wing activist. Y .) \/ Getty Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a representative from D., N. Y .) On Saturday, support for a moratorium on TikTok increased from both parties, downplaying worries that the Taiwanese authorities might use the social media app to spy on Americans.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A proposal to ban TikTok, according to Ocasio-Cortez in her first submit to the site,&#8221; just doesn&#8217;t look right to me.&#8221; The progressive Democrat questioned knowledge officials&#8217; worries that TikTok might be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans or spread misinformation supporting Beijing. She also expressed worries about how TikTok rivals like Facebook manage user information.<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@aocinthehouse\/video\/7214318917135830318\" data-video-id=\"7214318917135830318\">\n<section><a title=\"@aocinthehouse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@aocinthehouse?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@aocinthehouse<\/a>Some thoughts on TikTok\u2026<a title=\"\u266c original sound - aocinthehouse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7214318926358989614?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; aocinthehouse<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The article by Ocasio-Cortez comes as TikTok has intensified its advocacy and public relations efforts to thwart a ban on the app. The Democratic public relations company SKDK has been hired by TikTok, which is owned by China&#8217;s ByteDance, to offer&#8221; communications assistance&#8221; in its fight against the restrictions. The business has increased its spending by millions of dollars on advocacy lawmakers in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>According to advocacy statements, TikTok donated$ 150, 000 to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in December. Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/chci.org\/about-us\/our-leadership\/#leadership-bod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serves<\/a> as an assistant for the organization. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which includes Ocasio-Cortez as a member, received the payment for&#8221; honourable fees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, TikTok donated$ 150 000 to Rep. Jamaal Bowman&#8217;s( D., N. ) Congressional Black Caucus. Y. as a member, another TikTok admirer. The senator claimed that the proposed ban was&#8221; racist&#8221; and&#8221; xenophobic&#8221; during a protest TikTok and Bowman organized last year. Bowman added that he has never observed any proof that China has engaged in spying using TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>However, American intelligence officials have claimed that the Chinese government may be using TikTok to spy on Americans and disseminate pro-Beijing advertising. Evidence that TikTok and ByteDance have also made use of the website is mounting. According to reports, ByteDance managers in Beijing used TikTok data to track National editors who have written about the industry, according to the Justice Department. Another report claims that more than twenty say governments&#8217; websites already contain TikTok personal tracking code.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Due to the fact that TikTok users are typically younger and more liberal than the general public, Democrats have increasingly acknowledged that the platform benefits the company plans. Former Democratic governor of Rhode Island and secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo stated this month that if TikTok is outlawed,&#8221; the lawmaker in me thinks you&#8217;re actually losing every vote under 35, long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok gave $150k to group that counts socialist congresswoman as adviser A left-wing protester takes a selfie with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) \/ Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Saturday broke with growing bipartisan support for a ban of TikTok, downplaying concerns that the Chinese government could use the social media app<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":1905400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[8334,7008,3667,3758,3723,6248],"class_list":["post-1905399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-aoc","tag-ban","tag-bipartisan","tag-growing","tag-support","tag-tiktok"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}