US pushes plan to ban TikTok as AOC joins protests supporting app

Lawmakers, unconvinced after five hours of testimony from company chief Shou Zi Chew, are set on restricting the platform

Lawmakers have said they’re moving forward with plans for a national ban on TikTok, as users including congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez take to the app to protest.

The snowballing effort to take action against TikTok comes as company CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before a US House committee for five hours on Thursday, where lawmakers from both parties grilled him about national security and other concerns involving the app.