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White House launches official TikTok account after Trump vowed ban in 2020
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. Trump's personal account on TikTok meanwhile has 110.1 million followers, though his last post was on 5 November 2024 – election day. Trump has a soft spot for the popular app, crediting it with helping him gain support among young voters when he defeated Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, in the November 2024 presidential election. 'The Trump administration is committed to communicating the historic successes President Trump has delivered to the American people with as many audiences and platforms as possible,' Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said as the account went live. A federal law requiring TikTok's sale or ban on national security grounds was due to take effect the day before Trump's inauguration on 20 January. But the Republican, 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. ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, said in April that it had been in discussion with the US government regarding a solution for the app. It added that any agreement 'will be subject to approval under Chinese law'. In mid-June Trump for the third time extended the deadline for the popular video-sharing app by another 90 days to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States. That extension is due to expire in mid-September. The idea of banning TikTok originated with Trump in 2020, who said the Chinese-owned app posed a danger to national security. It quickly became a bipartisan issue and Congress overwhelmingly voted to ban the app last year, which faced a legal challenge but was ultimately affirmed by the supreme court. The original deadline for the TikTok ban was on 19 January. Trump switched his stance on TikTok after joining the app while campaigning for president last year, amassing nearly 15 million followers and hosting the TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Chew also attended Trump's inauguration. While Trump had long supported a ban or divestment, he reversed his position and vowed to defend the platform – which boasts almost 2 billion global users – after coming to believe it helped him win young voters' support in the November election. Trump's official account on X, formerly Twitter, has 108.5 million followers – though his favored social media outlet is Truth Social, which he owns, where he has 10.6 million followers. The official White House accounts on X and Instagram have 2.4 million and 9.3 million followers, respectively. Dara Kerr contributed reporting
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Telegraph
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White House joins TikTok with video of Trump saying ‘I am your voice'
The White House has joined TikTok even though the social media platform is due to be banned in the US in under a month. Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday set up a verified account on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app on Tuesday, with the caption: 'Welcome to the Golden Age of America.' TikTok is controversial in the US amid accusations by the FBI and others, which the company fiercely denies, that it could be used by Beijing to harvest data and sow division among Americans. Mr Trump attempted to outlaw the platform in his first term in office, but reversed course before the 2024 election and pledged to halt a federal ban going into effect that had been passed in Congress. The White House posted its first, and so far only, TikTok video on Tuesday evening, accompanied by the caption: 'America we are BACK! What's up TikTok?' The 27-second clip quotes Mr Trump's acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention (RNC ) last year, when he officially became the party's candidate for president ahead of his election win in November. 'Every day, I wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation,' the president says. 'I am your voice.' The video, which switches from black and white to colour at the climax of Mr Trump's speech, shows the Republican meeting workers and members of the military, addressing the RNC, and striding down a red carpet on the way to a podium. @whitehouse America we are BACK! What's up TikTok? ♬ original sound - The White House Congress passed legislation to ban TikTok last year, with Republicans overwhelmingly defying Mr Trump's plea to vote against the bill over national security concerns. The app briefly went dark in January, but on his first day back in the White House the same month, the president signed an executive order to delay the ban until April 4 while the administration searched for a buyer. Mr Trump subsequently signed another extension to the delay two months ago, which moves the deadline back until Sept 17. The order instructs the justice department not to enforce the ban until January. The president has previously credited his presence on TikTok to helping him win over the young voters who swung dramatically towards him in November's election, paving the way for a victory that saw him win all seven swing states. 'I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,' Mr Trump said in December, roughly a month before he returned to office.
