A left-wing think tank opposing anti-TikTok legislation that could lead to it being banned in the United States can thank the China-tied app for helping to keep its light on, records show.
The Center for Democracy and Technology has continued to take aim at a bill aiming to force the Chinese company ByteDance to divest from TikTok over national security concerns or else see its popular video app kicked off U.S. app stores. That same Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group counts TikTok as a donor to the tune of at least $200,000 since 2020, according to financial disclosures.
That the Center for Democracy and Technology is partially funded by TikTok underscores the broader influence the app has gained in the nation’s capital in recent years as TikTok
