The White House has officially joined TikTok, even as the administration is trying to help determine the future of the platform in the US.
So far, the TikTok account has four videos: a mix of President Donald Trump speaking, footage of the White House over music -- and the caption "We're so back." There's also a video of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responding with hostility to a press conference question from a New York Times reporter, which is one way to set the tone early on. As of this writing, the account had more than 123,000 followers.
The tagline for the account is: "Welcome to the Golden Age of America."
After a move to ban TikTok in the US due to its Chinese ownership, the administration has delayed a shutdown as it seeks to help ByteDance, the company's owner, transfer ownership to a US company. There are expectations that new ownership could be announced as early as September as the company works on a US-only version of the TikTok mobile app.
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