The North Carolina Democrat took to TikTok on Saturday to apologize for his vote that could lead to a U.S. ban on the app.
“I messed this up. Yay.” jeff jackson said, a freshman Congressman from the Tar Heel State. “I apologize. And I’ll keep you informed.”
“I’ve been completely obsessed with this app for the last 48 hours, and I can tell you that,” Jackson, 41, continued. “If I were in your shoes, I would probably feel the same way. I see people using this app to grow their following and then downvote it. And I would be upset.”
Jackson is little known in Congress, but is one of its biggest TikTok stars, with more than 2.3 million followers. But while others have gone public, he has lost more than 100,000 followers since the vote. vented their grievances With him on the app. .
In his post, Jackson said that while he loves using TikTok to reach his fans, he was disturbed by the information he received at a briefing about the app, calling it “truly alarming.” Ta.
Jackson said he hopes the bill will see TikTok sold to an American company and doesn’t really believe the darkest possibility — an outright U.S. ban — will materialize.
“I truly believe that the chance of a ban is virtually zero for a variety of economic, political and geopolitical reasons. I just don’t think there’s a real chance of a ban,” he said. “I still believe that, but maybe I got the balance wrong.”
