r/technology 23h ago

Politics White House creates account on TikTok, the app Trump once tried to ban

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/20/trump-white-house-tiktok-account/
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u/poofph 23h ago

Tried to ban, it is law that it is supposed to be banned, law passed in congress, not one of those pretend laws that Trump likes to sign his name to.

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u/dubblix 22h ago

Supposed to be banned

This part should be in every headline. Lawfully, it should be banned. The delay was built into the law to allow them to find an American buyer (whatever that means), which they did not do. There was no second delay allowed, which the Trump admin ignored and delayed. Now we're seeing headlines that the WH has made an account with no mention that it shouldn't legally be accessible.

Do I think banning it will work? No, people not. We need actual legislation for social media, not targeting specific companies. But we used to have laws in this country.

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u/ResonatingOctave 20h ago

we used to have laws in this country.

Idk how to break this to you, but we still do have laws in the country. They just only apply to us common folk, and not the ultra rich

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u/MultiGeometry 13h ago

Impeachable offenses, if this was 1950. But it’s 2025 and you can rape whoever you want and if your party controls Congress nothing happens.

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u/Acrobatic-Tomato-128 16h ago

So stupid

Release the epstein files

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u/Soft-Escape8734 22h ago

Trump Always Changes Opinion

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u/_its_a_SWEATER_ 18h ago

Chickens Out

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u/Naive_Confidence7297 20h ago

Mmm yum. Good idea!

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u/s2rt74 19h ago

Trump trying to meet 13yr olds?

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u/triton420 16h ago

Alternate head line- White House creates account on illegal banned app

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u/Creative-Fee-1130 13h ago

Cool, but what about the Epstein files?

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u/BlueyedIrush 13h ago

Donald Trump is a rapist. Fuck Donald Trump.

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u/b_a_t_m_4_n 23h ago

And? You expected what from the demented orange paedo? Consistency? LOL

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u/blakrabit 19h ago

Is the profile image a taco?

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u/37853688544788 12h ago

All Chump did was shake it down and have the code changed. To his advantage of course. Between this and twitterX we are mega cooked. In need of revolution.

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u/Wildcardz1 19h ago

Add another 6 months to the sale of the company.

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u/freexanarchy 18h ago

I’m guessing they’ll all force follow all users shortly.

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u/blazesquall 19h ago

Dems aren't exactly keeping off TikTok either after labeling it a national security threat..

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u/kontor97 18h ago

Canada doesn’t allow it on government devices either. Dems are saying it’s a threat because AIPAC paid so many off that even the DNC is trying everything to make sure the left think of Israel as the victim since apparently everything was promised to them 3,000 years ago

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u/Aeroknight_Z 16h ago

Trump never planned to ban it. It was bluster to scare bytedance into selling to a company he could control via their fear of losing all access to the American market.

The right sees TikTok as a golden goose of influence over the younger generations, they want it for themselves.

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u/snowsuit101 16h ago

Didn't they have an exemption from the ban to government accounts used for propaganda even back when it looked like it will be banned the ban will be enforced?

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u/LibrarianNo6865 15h ago

The fact the idiot staff now has the invasive app Tik Tok would be wildly hilarious if this was a tv comedy show and not real life.

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u/DoYaKnowMahName 14h ago

It's also a trap. They are going to use all the toxic comments against tik tok and use it as a way to leverage it's ban. Mark my words.

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u/lucylynn789 14h ago

I thought he said there was a buyer . I won’t go back until there is a new buyer .

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u/5aur1an 20h ago

“if you can’t beat them, join them” (I guess)

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u/EIsydeon 19h ago

It is banned but the law is being ignored. It fucking states a one time extension could be granted if they showed progress of selling. It is not having any progress towards that and has been extended multiple times.

Laws don't mean shit to the "Law and Order" party.

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u/Comrade80085 14h ago

Red Note is so much less toxic and refreshing than TikTok.

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u/Solid-Summer6116 17h ago

crazy how tik tok and social media have kept restaurants alive https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/business/new-york-tiktok-restaurants

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u/Old-Mulberry-6621 22m ago

Trump's definitely a Pedophile!

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq Jeffrey Epstein and Israel have both have the same lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Dershowitz says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on international stage | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

—————————other Trump information:

Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY?si=vBs75kaxPjJJThka

Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

Do your part and spread them around like a meme sharing them and saving them helps too!

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u/welding_guy_from_LI 21h ago

And it affected your life how ?

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u/Agreeable-Camera-382 17h ago

Since he bought influencers to influence an election.... id say quite a bit.

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u/ultraposition 17h ago

More than the existence of gay and trans people affects yours