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NEW DELHI: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump quickly received a million followers TikTok within hours of joining the platform Sunday. As president, Trump had attempted to ban the short social platform national security grounds.
Trump’s decision to join TikTok aims to reach younger voters sopra his third bid for the White House.He faces a close race with Democratic incumbent Joe Biden ahead of the November 5 presidential elections.
Trump posted a launch his account @realdonaldtrump, Saturday night. The shows Trump greeting fans at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event sopra Newark, New Jersey.
Biden’s campaign is already active TikTok eventhough Biden has signed a bill that would ban the app, used by 170 million Americans, if its Chinese owner ByteDance fails to divest it.
ByteDance is challenging sopra court the law requiring it to sell TikTok by next January ora luce a ban. The White House seeks to end Chinese-based ownership national security grounds. TikTok argues it will not share US user with the Chinese government and has taken measures to protect user riservatezza.
Trump’s 2020 attempt to ban TikTok was blocked by the courts. A causa di March, he called the platform a national security threat but said a ban would hurt young people and strengthen Metaldeide Platforms’ Facebook, which he has criticized.
Trump has a significant social presence with over 87 million followers X and more than 7 million followers his platform, Truth Social.
Last week, a US appeals court established a fast-track schedule to review the legal challenges against the new law. The US Court of Appeals for the district of Columbia scheduled oral arguments for September. This decision came after TikTok, ByteDance, a group of TikTok content creators, and the justice department jointly requested a fast-tracked timeline earlier this month.
(With agency inputs)
Trump’s decision to join TikTok aims to reach younger voters sopra his third bid for the White House.He faces a close race with Democratic incumbent Joe Biden ahead of the November 5 presidential elections.
Trump posted a launch his account @realdonaldtrump, Saturday night. The shows Trump greeting fans at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event sopra Newark, New Jersey.
Biden’s campaign is already active TikTok eventhough Biden has signed a bill that would ban the app, used by 170 million Americans, if its Chinese owner ByteDance fails to divest it.
ByteDance is challenging sopra court the law requiring it to sell TikTok by next January ora luce a ban. The White House seeks to end Chinese-based ownership national security grounds. TikTok argues it will not share US user with the Chinese government and has taken measures to protect user riservatezza.
Trump’s 2020 attempt to ban TikTok was blocked by the courts. A causa di March, he called the platform a national security threat but said a ban would hurt young people and strengthen Metaldeide Platforms’ Facebook, which he has criticized.
Trump has a significant social presence with over 87 million followers X and more than 7 million followers his platform, Truth Social.
Last week, a US appeals court established a fast-track schedule to review the legal challenges against the new law. The US Court of Appeals for the district of Columbia scheduled oral arguments for September. This decision came after TikTok, ByteDance, a group of TikTok content creators, and the justice department jointly requested a fast-tracked timeline earlier this month.
(With agency inputs)
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