{"id":507734,"date":"2022-11-08T00:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiktok-hires-communications-pro-who-worked-for-biden-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T00:02:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:02:56","slug":"tiktok-hires-communications-pro-who-worked-for-biden-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiktok-hires-communications-pro-who-worked-for-biden-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"#TikTok hires communications pro who worked for Biden, Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be7e63b729\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be7e63b729\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiktok-hires-communications-pro-who-worked-for-biden-pentagon\/#%E2%80%9CTikTok_hires_communications_pro_who_worked_for_Biden_Pentagon%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;TikTok hires communications pro who worked for Biden, Pentagon&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTikTok_hires_communications_pro_who_worked_for_Biden_Pentagon%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;TikTok hires communications pro who worked for Biden, Pentagon&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A former top communications official for the Biden administration and the Pentagon has taken a job at Chinese-owned TikTok, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> has plucked Jamal Brown from the US Department of Defense to \u201cmanage policy communications\u201d for TikTok\u2019s US sector, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-influence\/2022\/11\/01\/signal-group-lobbyists-leave-to-start-a-new-firm-00064499\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has worked as the deputy press secretary for the Pentagon since February 2021, where he moved after serving as a national press secretary for Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The hire raised eyebrows across the aisle since Politico reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> last week, with TikTok having been touted as a national security threat even since the platform exploded in popularity in the US in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sort of cozy relationship between the Biden Defense Department and TikTok is alarming,\u201d Missouri Senator Josh Hawley told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11383535\/Chinese-owned-TikTok-hires-Bidens-former-campaign-national-press-secretary-Jamal-Brown.html\">The Daily Mail.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown also worked in the White House under the Obama administration for six years as part of the US Office of Management and Budget.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Jamal-Brown-84.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former Biden press secretary Jamal Brown\" class=\"wp-image-24558057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Jamal-Brown-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Jamal-Brown-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Jamal-Brown-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Biden press secretary Jamal Brown.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/Jamal Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTikTok and their Chinese parent company present a serious national security threat, but Joe Biden continues to dither as they gobble up Americans\u2019 personal information,\u201d Hawley said.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s parent company, ByteDance, is subject to Chinese Communist Party law that requires the company to share user data from the app upon request.<\/p>\n<p>Over 86 million Americans have a TikTok account, which is more than 25% of the US population.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr called for a ban on TikTok in the US entirely, calling it the only way to mitigate the threat the app poses to the nation\u2019s cyber security.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok-93.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"TikTok app on phone\" class=\"wp-image-24558085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>TikTok has not formally announced Brown\u2019s hire, but he did change his Twitter bio to reflect his new employment.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">dpa\/picture alliance via Getty I<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe there is a path forward for anything other than a ban,\u201d Carr said. <\/p>\n<p>He added there is not \u201ca world in which you could come up with sufficient protection on the data that you could have sufficient confidence that it\u2019s not finding its way back into the hands of the [Chinese Communist Party].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has not formally announced Brown\u2019s hire, but on Monday he had changed his Twitter bio to reflect his new employment.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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