Democrats Join TikTok Creators at Capitol Hill to Protest Possible Nationwide Ban

Dozens of TikTok creators descended on Capitol Hill on March 22 in an effort to persuade the Biden administration not to ban the Chinese-owned social media app as the president faces growing pressure.
The creators, many of them brandishing signs reading “Keep TikTok,” were joined by Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) at a press conference outside the Capitol to discuss their opposition to a potential ban.
Lawmakers cited free speech as one of the reasons the app—which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance—should not be scrapped.
“Our First Amendment gives us the right to speak freely and to communicate freely, and TikTok as a platform has created a community and a space for free speech for 150 million Americans and counting,” Bowman said. “That includes many of the content creators that I just met with in my office.”…}