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Creators tell House committee TikTok uncertainty harms small businesses; witnesses urge codified protections
Summary
Witnesses said repeated delays and possible bans of TikTok create short planning horizons for creators who rely on the platform and urged Congress to codify any long‑term arrangements to provide stability for creator businesses.
Witnesses at a House Small Business Committee hearing said uncertainty about TikTok’s future in the United States has had immediate economic effects for creators and recommended that Congress convert any long‑term platform agreements into statute to give creators predictable rules.
Representative Nydia Velázquez, the committee’s ranking member, described the “elephant in the room” as the federal actions…
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