Washington, DC [US], Former US President Donald Trump has hit out at social media platform TikTok, which he tried to ban over national security concerns during his tenure as president, CNN reports.
TikTok is owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance.
In his first post on the short video-based social media platform, Trump posted a 13-second video after attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship match in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night (local time). UFC CEO Dana White, who is shown in the video, introduces Trump on the social media platform, CNN reports.
In the video, Trump, who is the Republican presidential nominee, addresses the audience directly and says it is an "honor" to be included in the app and a crowd of fans gather after his message, according to the US broadcaster. happened.The former US president's launch on TikTok comes days after he was convicted by a criminal court on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., who joined TikTok last week, posted on the social media platform video from a New York courthouse.
The move is being seen as Trump's effort to reach a wider audience, especially young voters, ahead of the presidential election in November, where he faces current US President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
During his administration, Trump issued an executive order to ban TikTok in the United States. However, the court stayed the order. The Trump administration warned over potential security and privacy threats that it would ban the app entirely unless it was sold to an American company.The executive order signed by the former president in 2020 stated, "The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security."
The action was taken over concerns that the Chinese government had accessed the personal data of TikTok's US users. ByteDance has denied collusion with the Chinese government.
However, in March this year Trump said he opposed a ban on TikTok, saying such a policy would only alienate young Americans and benefit the meta, CNN reported.
In April this year, US President Joe Biden signed a bill under which TikTok will be banned in the US if its Chinese parent company Byte Dance does not divest from the app within nine months.
TikTok is owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance.
In his first post on the short video-based social media platform, Trump posted a 13-second video after attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship match in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night (local time). UFC CEO Dana White, who is shown in the video, introduces Trump on the social media platform, CNN reports.
In the video, Trump, who is the Republican presidential nominee, addresses the audience directly and says it is an "honor" to be included in the app and a crowd of fans gather after his message, according to the US broadcaster. happened.The former US president's launch on TikTok comes days after he was convicted by a criminal court on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., who joined TikTok last week, posted on the social media platform video from a New York courthouse.
The move is being seen as Trump's effort to reach a wider audience, especially young voters, ahead of the presidential election in November, where he faces current US President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
During his administration, Trump issued an executive order to ban TikTok in the United States. However, the court stayed the order. The Trump administration warned over potential security and privacy threats that it would ban the app entirely unless it was sold to an American company.The executive order signed by the former president in 2020 stated, "The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security."
The action was taken over concerns that the Chinese government had accessed the personal data of TikTok's US users. ByteDance has denied collusion with the Chinese government.
However, in March this year Trump said he opposed a ban on TikTok, saying such a policy would only alienate young Americans and benefit the meta, CNN reported.
In April this year, US President Joe Biden signed a bill under which TikTok will be banned in the US if its Chinese parent company Byte Dance does not divest from the app within nine months.
