Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
TikTok’s highest-profile lawmaker user is also one of its most recent. New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, better known as AOC, created an account last month. Her very first video was a video about TikTok.
@aocinthehouse Some thoughts on TikTok…
Speaking from her office in D.C., Ocasio-Cortez plainly said she opposed a ban, which she said, “just doesn’t feel right.”
Ocasio-Cortez said the ban would be “unprecedented” in American history. She also explained how a ban would avoid addressing the larger issue of rampant social media data harvesting carried out by Meta and other U.S. companies.
“This case needs to be made to the public,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Our first priority should be in protecting your ability to exist without social media companies harvesting and commodifying every single piece of data about you without you and without your consent.”
Since then, Ocasio-Cortez has released just one other video which shows her arguing on the House floor opposing a bill called H.R.1 which she argued would amount to a handout to large oil companies. Still, those two posts alone were enough to attract nearly half a million (485, 800) followers.
