TikTok helped Trump win the 2024 election as the platform’s future in the US hung in the balance
TikTok’s survival in the United States was at stake in 2024. Then-president Joe Biden had passed a law requiring TikTok to separate from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, if it wanted to continue operating in the U.S. After Donald Trump won the election, the U.S. reached an agreement with TikTok. Today, the platform remains in the country, and Trump is capitalizing on it: “I like TikTok. It helped get me elected,” Trump said after winning the election.

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