The big generation gap.
US President Joe Biden, 81, joined TikTok on Sunday, marking his debut on the Chinese social network popular with young people with a 26-second video.
Yet the Biden administration has continued to sharply criticize the video-sharing app in recent years.
TikTok, owned by the Chinese group ByteDance, has been accused by a large number of American politicians, Republicans and Democrats alike, of being a propaganda tool for the Chinese government, which the company categorically denies.
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In the video shared on Sunday on the campaign account “@bidenhq”, the 81-year-old Democratic president addresses subjects ranging from the Super Bowl to American politics with lightness and humor.
He gives his opinion on the Super Bowl
When asked if he preferred the Super Bowl or its famous halftime show, headlined this year by singer Usher, he said he would choose the game.
Asked whether there was a secret plot to rig the game so that Taylor Swift, whose boyfriend Travis Kelce is a Kansas City Chiefs player, could use her fame to bring votes to Joe Biden, the president responded with humor: “I’d get in trouble if I told you.”
@bidenhq
lol hey guys
♬ Fox nfl theme - Notrandompostsguy
Several states and the federal government have banned use of the app on official government devices, citing national security risks.
In the state of Montana (northwest), a judge recently blocked an initiative by the state government to ban the app altogether.
If the application continues to be examined by Washington, no federal measures aimed at banning or restricting the use of the social network no longer seem to be considered.
“It now appears that the idea of a ban was put forward more to score political points than in a serious effort to legislate,” David Greene, a civil liberties lawyer, recently told the British newspaper The Guardian.
As the elections approach, the platform is coveted because it allows it to reach young voters, who are its main users.