Report: TikTok Hires Biden-Connected Firm Following Scrutiny from Lawmakers

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TikTok hired a Biden-connected consulting firm as the Chinese social media app is facing increased scrutiny from lawmakers.

swift passage of bipartisan legislation — the RESTRICT Act — that would help “ban or prohibit” foreign technology, including TikTok.on Tuesday by Senate Intelligence Committee chair Mark Warner and Sen. John Thune would empower the secretary of Commerce to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology from six adversary nations from coming into the United States, which would ultimately include TikTok’s China-based parent company.

This is not TikTok’s first time dealing with the U.S. attempting to eliminate the social media app. In 2020, then-President Donald Trump’s administration tried to ban TikTok, whichJacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. Write to him at

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