TikTok's top executive will have to defend the app against allegations it shares U.S. users data with the Chinese government at a Thursday hearing, as the government weighs limiting or banning it.
As the heat on TikTok has rapidly risen over the past few years, so has TikTok's spending on lobbying.
That's nearly 20 times more than the $270,000 it spent in 2019 and puts it in the same league as major Washington players Facebook and Google. For TikTok that meant bringing in two former Republican Senators - Trent Lott from Mississippi and John Breaux, Sr. of Louisiana - as well as 40 other lobbyists last year,"These kinds of new entrees [like TikTok] oftentimes like to skip the introductory stage and jump right to the big guns, which is why we see these really explosive increases in their spending," Bryner said. And,"nothing spurs lobbying activity like the threat of being regulated."Meanwhile, many U.S.
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