Save TikTok
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 To: United States Representatives Re: Save TikTok - please share with fellow Representatives Dear Servants of the People, I’m writing this letter as a plea to save TikTok. As a 49-year-old, natural-born American citizen, a son of ancestors and family members who have defended this country since Emancipation, I humbly implore you - that as a survivor and a son of survivors, I would never knowingly defend a cause that is detrimental to those who may have endured a similar struggle. We are present because of those who have come before us. And, this more than anything else is the lens through which I see my way forward. It is with that lens that I write - the American citizens who use TikTok are not somehow blinded by their affection for the app such that they do not see it for what it is. There has been a gross misunderstanding of what drives and motivates users of the app, so much so that it has caused one of the greatest mis...