A former top communications official for the Biden administration and the Pentagon has taken a job at Chinese-owned TikTok, according to a report.

The social media app has plucked Jamal Brown from the US Department of Defense to “manage policy communications” for TikTok’s US sector, according to Politico.

Brown has worked as the deputy press secretary for the Pentagon since February 2021, where he moved after serving as a national press secretary for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.

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