It was a near-perfect split screen: As lawmakers ripped TikTok in a congressional hearing with the company's CEO, the app’s users took to the platform to defend it.
defended the popular short-video app during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing to a panel of lawmakers who argued that it should be banned.In the lead-up to Chew's testimony,"On TikTok, you will find your community and you will find it quickly!"Another user, with the username @drue..b, who has 1.2 million followers, said in a
posted this week: "I have made so many friendships, I have met so many new people [through the app]."The TikTok app has been downloaded more times in the U.S. than any other social app since it merged with U.S. lip-syncing app Musical.ly in August 2018, according to data from Apptopia, Axios' Sara Fischer
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