Firm hired by TikTok met with Biden economic officials as recently as January
A top executive at SKDK, a Democratic consulting firm working for TikTok, met with White House economic officials earlier this year amid the Chinese social media giant’s fight to prevent a federal ban of its popular video app.
SKDK managing director Amy Brundage met on Jan. 17 with Caitlin Meloski, a special assistant to the National Economic Council, according to a new batch of White House visitor logs released on Sunday. It was the second White House meeting in as many months for SKDK executives, who were hired by TikTok to fight against legislative attempts to ban the app in the United States.
While the purpose of the White House meetings remains unclear, they come as TikTok’s lobbyists and consultants have mounted a public relations blitz to kill regulation of the social media platform. There are growing calls to ban TikTok in the United States because of the company’s links to the Chinese government. Intelligence officials warn that the Chinese government could use TikTok to promote pro-Beijing propaganda and to surveil Americans.
Brundage, who served as acting communications director in the Obama White House, did not respond to requests for comment. According to SKDK’s…
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