Rep. Jamaal Bowman says the push to ban TikTok is 'xenophobic' and 'part of another Red Scare'
account on the platform, says his advocacy against a ban is a matter of free speech, highlighting the role that content creators play in disseminating information on the platform and the livelihoods they're able to make by doing so.
"I mean, the content creators on TikTok are truth-tellers, they are journalists, and they're sharing information with the general public — particularly younger people — that they really can't get anywhere else in a similar format," said Bowman. And Bowman said that TikTok is being unfairly singled out, pointing to Facebook's role as a vector for Russian disinformation during the 2016 presidential election, an amplifier ofahead of the 2017 Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, and as a platform for rioters to coordinate ahead of the January 6 assault on the Capitol.
Boasting an audience of over 150,000 followers on the app, Bowman posts breezy day-in-the-life videos from the Capitol, his own spins on the latest TikTok trend, and reactions to the latest political news of the day — all in the meme-heavy format to which the platform predominantly-young users are accustomed.
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