TikTok ad woos Republicans as candidates criticise China, says report

Moments after Republican candidates traded barbs on how best to limit China’s influence in the US, the commercial break featured an ad from TikTok, owned by Chinese company Bytedance .

“TikTok is one of the most dangerous social media apps that we can have,” former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said, criticising rival Vivek Ramaswamy for joining the app. In his remarks, Ramaswamy said that he needs to use platforms like TikTok to reach young voters so that he can win, and he reiterated that as president he would bar younger people from using social media.