'So infuriating': TikTokers are fuming over potential ban

‘So infuriating’: TikTokers are fuming over potential ban

Representative Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The TikTok chief executive officer plans to tell Congress on Thursday his app does more to protect young users than rival social media and that Beijing has no authority over its data. Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images

In the aftermath of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s brutal five-hour Congressional hearing on Thursday, TikToker and disinformation researcher Abbie Richards summed up what so many creators were thinking: “It’s actually remarkable how much less Congress knows about social media than the average person,” Richards told TechCrunch. Across TikTok, users mocked congresspeople for misunderstanding how … Continue reading ‘So infuriating’: TikTokers are fuming over potential ban