The White House launched an official TikTok account with a 27-second clip captioned "America we are BACK! What's up TikTok?" and gained about 4,500 followers within an hour. Donald Trump's personal TikTok holds 110.1 million followers, with the last post on 5 November 2024. The administration committed to communicating President Trump's historic successes to as many audiences and platforms as possible. A federal law requiring TikTok's sale or a ban was due to take effect before the inauguration, but the president paused enforcement and extended the deadline to mid-September. TikTok has 170 million US users and ByteDance is in talks with the US government, subject to Chinese approval.
The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale. America we are BACK! What's up TikTok? read a caption on the account's first post, a 27-second clip, on the popular video-sharing app. The account had about 4,500 followers an hour after posting the video.
A federal law requiring TikTok's sale or a ban on national security grounds was due to take effect the day before Trump's inauguration on 20 January. But the Republican president, whose 2024 election campaign relied heavily on social media and who has said he is fond of TikTok, put the ban on pause. TikTok is a tremendously popular social media app with 170 million users in the US.
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