Jeff Jackson in trouble for unethical use of TikTok

In case you missed it, Jeff Jackson is in trouble for his unethical use of TikTok.

This comes just days after fellow North Carolinian Wiley Nickel was also hit with an ethics complaint for his use of TikTok. 

“Freshman congressman Jeff Jackson (D., N.C.) has quickly solidified himself as the most “TikTok-famous” House member during his first three months in office, cultivating 1.6 million followers by posting candid videos discussing the inner workings of Congress. But Jackson uses the same account to promote his political campaign, “clearly” putting him in violation of longstanding House ethics rules that prohibit members of Congress from using official resources for campaign purposes, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) said in its complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Jackson’s alleged abuse of taxpayer resources to build his TikTok following comes as the platform faces a bipartisan reckoning in Congress and the threat of a forced sale over its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The House of Representatives in December ordered lawmakers and their staffs to delete TikTok from any House-issued phones due to “security risks.” Days later, President Joe Biden signed a Republican-backed bill banning the use of TikTok on any government-issued devices.

Undeterred by those warnings, Jackson has posted 15 videos to his TikTok account so far in 2023, each garnering an average of nearly 4.2 million views. Jackson used images from the House floor in at least six of those videos, FACT alleged in its complaint.”

Read the full article here.

“Jeff Jackson continues to put TikTok fame before national security and it has come back to bite him. Jackson’s priority is going viral, not the people of NC-14.” – NRCC spokeswoman Delanie Bomar