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Breaking News 9-17-2022: Pennsylvania Attorney General and 2022 gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro announces his support for Chinese owned app Tik Tok.

PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro took a hard stance on Tik Tok concerning potential harm to children and joined a bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General to investigate the Chinese owned social media app. The investigation information was published only 6 months earlier on the official Pennsylvania Attorney General website on March 3, 2022.

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Josh Shapiro recently changed his views drastically on the controversial Chinese owned app Tik Tok, announcing on September 6, 2022 through his campaign social media accounts "Tik Tok is a happy place, it's a nice place." and then encourages his loyal followers to use the Tik Tok app.

The timing of this coincides with the public announcement that Pennsylvania Democrat Josh Shapiro’s gubernatorial campaign is kicking off a $16.9 million fall ad buy with a new spot, shared first with NBC News on September 6, 2022.

As of September 17, 2022 Josh Shapiro has a verified account on Tik Tok with 60.2K followers and 1 million+ likes.

Josh Shapiro's campaign did not immediately respond with a comment.

As the 2022 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial election approaches, Pennsylvania voters will be asking why Josh Shapiro drastically changed his views on the Chinese owned app Tik Tok.

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AG SHAPIRO OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO TIKTOK’S IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE

MARCH 3, 2022 | TOPIC: CONSUMERS SHARE
Takes Action With Coalition of Attorneys General Concerned for Safety and Well-Being of Children

HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro launched an investigation into TikTok for providing and promoting its social media platform to children and young adults while use is associated with physical and mental health harms. He’s joined by a coalition of Attorneys General nationwide who are examining whether the company violated state consumer protection laws.

“My job is to protect all Pennsylvanians, especially children, from online threats,” said AG Shapiro. “Parents and children deserve to know the risks associated with these platforms. And if TikTok is found to have prioritized business growth over the physical and emotional well being of Pennsylvania’s children, they will be held responsible for that.”

The investigation will look into the harm TikTok usage causes to young users and what TikTok knew about those harms. The investigation focuses, among other things, on the techniques utilized by TikTok to boost young user engagement, including increasing the duration of time spent on the platform and frequency of engagement with the platform.

In May 2021, AG Shapiro took action with a bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General in urging Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under 13. In November 2021, AG Shapiro launched an investigation into the impact of Instagram on Pennsylvania youth. He was joined in this effort by Attorneys General nationwide.

Leading the investigation is a bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont.

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