Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., disagreed over whether controversial app TikTok should be banned in the United States.
The Senate floor played host to a spirited debate between Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Wednesday evening over whether to ban controversial app TikTok. Hawley took to the floor to advocate for a ban of the embattled application, referencing a recent reported rise in antisemitic and anti-Israel posts after the Oct. 7 terror attacks by Hamas in Israel.
TikTok has been the beneficiary of a lobbying blitz from parent company ByteDance this year, with the firm spending nearly $4 million on federal lobbying efforts in the third quarter of 2023 – a record high – and more than four times what they spent on efforts in the same time span last year, according to OpenSecrets. Some lawmakers have suggested that the spending is the reason for the current quagmire when it comes to advancing legislation.
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