"More than a year after Congress passed a law to force TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or else be banned from U.S. markets, the app is still up and running - and the White House is actively promoting it. The White House's official TikTok , created just over two weeks ago, has posted more than 60 times."
"Lawmakers who passed the ban aren't thrilled that President Donald Trump has defied it, and they aren't particularly pleased he's now using the app to communicate with Americans through a White House account. "TikTok should be banned," Rep. Carlos Gimenez, a Florida Republican, told NOTUS on Thursday. "It was banned, actually. So no, I'm not really happy about it." "I'm not a legal expert," he added, "but the will of Congress is to either have them divest from Chinese control or to shut it down.""
A law passed by Congress would force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a U.S. market ban, but the app remains available. The White House created an official TikTok account recently and has posted dozens of items, including compilations of Trump's media clips, produced messaging videos, and meme-formatted content promoting the campaign. Some Republican lawmakers who supported the ban criticize the administration for using the app. The White House says it seeks to reach as many platforms and audiences as possible. Enforcement deadlines for divestment have been delayed multiple times, and the app remains at risk of shutdown.
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