They, along with the other TikTok and ByteDance employees in this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Even if the House's "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" is signed into law, TikTok employees have good reason to believe it won't stick.
For current TikTok and ByteDance employees, it's become increasingly difficult to understand which threats are real and which are political bluster.
"For my team, we're so busy we don't really think about it," a third staffer told BI when asked about the House bill.
"If they do ban TikTok, I can imagine Congress' approval rating dropping even more," they said.
Persons:
Trump, haven't, ByteDance, I've, TikTok, it's
Organizations:
Business, Foreign
Locations:
China, TikTok, Montana