HILL TECH & CYBER BRIEFING: TikTok Wages Ad Blitz Before Hearing

March 21, 2023, 10:07 AM UTC

TikTok is intensifying public-relations blitz days before its CEO testifies before Congress this week, as the Chinese-owned company works to convince skeptical lawmakers of its commitment to protecting user data and avoid a US ban.

TikTok bought ads in the Washington, D.C., metro system, at Union Station and in the Washington Post, and sponsored Politico’s Playbook newsletter as well as Axios’s Login tech-focused newsletter. A four-page color ad in the New York Times on Monday included a QR code linking to TikTok’s US Data Security website, which features a cartoon video explaining how the company that operates the popular ...

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