A massive lobbying budget. To the tune of over 13 million dollars. TikTok and its Chinese parent company are trying to reassure U.S. lawmakers and officials, as accusations fly that the app poses a major security risk. At the heart of those fears—the Chinese Communist Party getting a hold of American user data. That’s as the wildly popular social media and its 150 million regular U.S. users stare down the barrel at a potential nationwide ban.

Will that lobbying have any effect? Or are TikTok’s days numbered in America?

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