USA TODAY By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON – The White House launched an official TikTok account on Aug. 19, taking advantage of the short video app’s more than 170 million U.S. users to spread the messages of President Donald Trump.
Trump has a soft spot for the popular app, crediting it with helping him gain support among young voters when he defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the November 2024 presidential election. Lawmakers in Washington worry, however, that its U.S. user data could fall into the hands of China’s government.
Trump has been working on a deal for U.S. investors to buy the app from TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance. Past intelligence assessments have said the app’s owners are beholden to the Chinese government and that it could be used to influence Americans…
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