PERSON: Jamal Brown

Communications Director

Jamal Brown worked for six years for the White House under the Obama Administration.
A former campaign spokesman and one of the three press secretaries for US President Joe Biden has been hired by Chinese-owned TikTok, according to a report in Fox Business. Jamal Brown, who worked as deputy Pentagon press secretary at US Department of Defense from February 2021 to February 2022, has taken the job at video sharing platform as communications director. According to a Politico, Mr Brown will “manage policy communications” at TikTok. His hiring by the Chinese firm has shocked experts as TikTok has been touted as a national security threat.

His work experience includes working for the White House for more than six years under the Obama Administration. He was part of the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Fox Business report said.

>> NDTV Convergence Limited