Tag: Michael Guest

TikTok’s Chinese Owner Spent Record-High $2.14 Million on Lobbying

July 22, 2022
Business & MarketsBytedanceChinaCompaniesInfiltrating the WestMichael GuestRichard BlumenthalSpecial TopicstechnologyTikTokUSUS News
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TikTok’s parent company in China, ByteDance, spent $2.14 million on lobbying the U.S. government in the second quarter, according to a federal lobbying disclosure report made public on July 20. That amount was an increase of 130 percent from the previous quarter, when the Beijing-based company spent $930,000 on lobbying in the United States. For…

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House Homeland Security Chairman Asks Supporters to Join His TikTok

July 11, 2022
Bennie ThompsonBytedanceChinaMichael GuestThreat from Communist ChinaTikTokUSUS NewsUS-China relations
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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, recently urged his supporters to follow his TikTok, the popular Chinese video-sharing app that has drawn national security concerns. “Follow my new account on TikTok. (benniegthompson),” Thompson wrote on Twitter on July 1. At the time of writing, the Democratic lawmaker had 63 followers…

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Incumbent Fends Off Upstart in Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff

June 28, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsJan. 6Michael CassidyMichael GuestMississippiPoliticsUS
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Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) on June 28 won the GOP primary runoff election for Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District. With 84 percent of the ballots reported at 9:36 p.m., Guest drew more than 67 percent of the votes, defeating challenger Michael Cassidy. Guest will face Democrat Shuwaski Young in the Nov. 8 general election. Young won…

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