TikTok Stars Rally in Washington Against App’s Potential U.S. Ban

Firm enlists influencers for lobbying blitz before CEO’s congressional testimony on Thursday

Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON—TikTok launched a battalion of influencers in the nation’s capital Wednesday to send a message to Congress: Banning the app would be met with widespread popular opposition. 

“TikTok is not a children’s dancing app,” said Aidan Kohn-Murphy, a college freshman with close to 300,000 TikTok followers and founder of the advocacy group Gen-Z for Change. “It is one of the most powerful tools that young people have to engage each other and to get civically involved.” 

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