TikTok Reactivates Creator Lobby as Ban Bill Clears House Panel

A bipartisan bill to ban TikTok unless it cuts ties with its Chinese owner, ByteDance, cleared a crucial hurdle in the House of Representatives on Thursday when the House Energy Committee approved it with a unanimous vote. The vote signaled that a long-simmering threat to the app may be boiling over into concrete action.

The bill’s quick progress prompted TikTok to reactivate creators to help with lobbying, as it did about a year ago when the threat of a ban …

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