"Democrats and Congress Members Defend TikTok Against Ban and Misguided Attacks"

A group of more than two dozen Democrats in Congress are defending their use of TikTok, a Chinese-owned app that is facing concerns over national security. The lawmakers argue that the app is an effective way to reach young voters. However, some lawmakers believe that TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is required by Chinese law to make the app's data available to the Chinese Communist Party. The United States, Britain, and New Zealand have banned the use of TikTok on government-issued phones, while India has banned TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps on security and privacy grounds.