In 2020, President Trump wanted to ban TikTok over national security concerns with the Chinese-owned app. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump said.
Trump’s efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. After taking office, Joe Biden took a different approach and actively embraced the controversial app by recruiting TikTok influencers to help advance his agenda. Last year, celebrity TikTok-ers were brought in to help his COVID-19 vaccination push, and this week he invited transgender activist and TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney to the White House.
Despite Biden’s embrace of the platform, the security risks posed by the app remain. While on a trip to Australia, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) admitted that former President Donald Trump was right to warn about the ties between the Chinese Communist Party and the social media platform TikTok.
“This is not something you would normally hear me say, but Donald Trump was right on TikTok years ago,” Warner said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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In 2020, President Trump wanted to ban TikTok over national security concerns with the Chinese-owned app. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump said.
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Trump’s efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. After taking office, Joe Biden took a different approach and actively embraced the controversial app by recruiting TikTok influencers to help advance his agenda. Last year, celebrity TikTok-ers were brought in to help his COVID-19 vaccination push, and this week he invited transgender activist and TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney to the White House.
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Despite Biden’s embrace of the platform, the security risks posed by the app remain. While on a trip to Australia, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) admitted that former President Donald Trump was right to warn about the ties between the Chinese Communist Party and the social media platform TikTok.
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“This is not something you would normally hear me say, but Donald Trump was right on TikTok years ago,” Warner said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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