Joe Biden campaign joins TikTok, despite US security concerns with app
- US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign joined short-form video app TikTok in push for young voters
- There is widespread suspicion in Washington of the app which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance
US President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform and banned it on federal devices.
Biden isn’t expected to personally join the platform, aides said, nor the others in his administration.
The account will be run entirely by the campaign team in an effort to reach voters in an ever-fragmented American population, particularly as younger voters gravitate away from traditional platforms.
The inaugural post featured the president being quizzed on the Super Bowl – and included a reference to the latest political conspiracy theory centring on music superstar Taylor Swift.
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Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that TikTok owner ByteDance could share user data – such as browsing history, location and biometric identifiers – with China’s authoritarian government.