Chinese Embassy defends TikTok against potential forced sale in meeting with congressional staffers: report Fox News
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Rep.MichaelWaltz,R-Fla.,weighsinontheHouse’sTikTokcrackdownbillandtheU.S.militaryappearingtoprepareforapossiblewaragainstChina.
TheChineseEmbassyhasheldmeetingswithCapitolHillstafferstoprotectTikTokfromapotentialforcedsale,accordingtoareport.
ThemeetingstookplacewithChinesediplomatsaftertheHousepassedlegislationwithanoverwhelmingbipartisanvotelastmonththatwouldforceChinesedivestmentfromTikTokorseetheappbanned,Politicoreported.
Twocongressionalstaffers,onefromtheHouseandtheotherfromtheSenate,toldtheoutletonconditionofanonymitythattheChineseEmbassyinitiatedcontactanddownplayednationalsecurityconcernsoverTikTok.
Inonemeeting,theembassysaidthatbanningthesocialmediaappwouldbeharmfulforU.S.investorswhoholdownershipofparentcompanyByteDance,accordingtoPolitico.
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TikTok’scriticshavelongcalledthesocialmediaapp
