Lawmakers Urge FTC to Investigate TikTok’s Push for Minors to Lobby Congress

Published on May 3, 2024

The House China Panel has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether TikTok violated laws by pushing its users under the age of 13 to lobby Congress against a bill that would force the company’s sale from its Chinese parent. In a letter to FTC chair Lina Khan on Tuesday, bipartisan leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) alleged that TikTok forced its users to call Congress to lobby on its behalf. Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) wrote that in early March, days before the House passed the TikTok bill, users, including children under 13, had to give their zip codes to call their legislative representatives or shut down and restart the app to gain access to its content....

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