{"id":2262210,"date":"2024-06-07T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-commits-never-to-ban-tiktok-shortly-after-joining\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:11:53","slug":"trump-commits-never-to-ban-tiktok-shortly-after-joining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-commits-never-to-ban-tiktok-shortly-after-joining\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows never to ban TikTok shortly after joining"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-commits-never-to-ban-tiktok-shortly-after-joining%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, assured \u2062the public that \u200bhe has\u200b no intention to ban TikTok if elected.\u2062 In a 30-second clip\u200d shared \u200don Turning \u2063Point Action founder\u2064 Charlie Kirk&#8217;s TikTok \u200daccount\u200d after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a> in Arizona, \u200cTrump emphasized the \u2064importance of\u2062 voting for\u200c him\u2063 to make the\u2062 country great again and criticized Joe Biden as\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rigged-election-biden-won-477-counties-vs-obama-who-won-689-in-2012-yet-biden-magically-gained-13-million-more-votes-than-obama\/\" title=\"RIGGED ELECTION: Biden Won 477 Counties vs Obama Who Won 689 in 2012 - Yet Biden Magically Gained 13 Million More Votes Than Obama\">worst president<\/a> in history.\u200c Additionally, he firmly \u2064stated, &#8220;I will never \u200bban TikTok.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Republican presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> promised Thursday he won\u2019t ban <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TikTok<\/a> should he be <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>elected<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump appeared on the TikTok account of Turning Point Action founder Charlie Kirk shortly after their town hall in Arizona. He decided to share a message to users in the 30-second clip, which went on to nab 1.8 million views and over 300,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the big message is vote for Trump. We\u2019re gonna make our country greater than ever before. We had something going. That was incredible and just horrible what\u2019s happened. This is the worst president in history \u2014 Joe Biden,\u201d Trump said. Then, when prompted by Kirk, he added, \u201cI will never ban TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3025427\/donald-trump-unveils-tiktok-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"joining the platform less than a week ago\">joining the platform less than a week ago<\/a>, Trump has only posted once and garnered some 5.8 million followers,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3026335\/trump-crushes-biden-tiktok-millions-follow-former-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" far surpassing Joe Biden\"> far surpassing Biden<\/a>\u2018s reelection campaign account, which has only 360,000 followers.<\/p>\n<p>However, TikTok is due to be banned in U.S. app stores on Jan. 19, 2025. This pending ban is an attempt to pressure Chinese-owned ByteDance to sell\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>. The ban was signed into law by Biden\u00a0in April.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the weeks following the signing of the law, TikTok filed a lawsuit alleging the ban would violate the platform\u2019s First Amendment rights rather than sell it. That lawsuit was followed by another filed by TikTok users. Now all the parties involved are requesting that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rule by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3008812\/justice-department-tiktok-prompt-ruling-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dec. 6 <\/a>on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who led the original chorus of those wanting to ban the app, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/2910355\/trump-defends-tiktok-from-house-bill-reversing-position-on-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slammed<\/a> the bill passed unanimously out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and proclaimed his disapproval. The law would allow a president to determine what nations are considered adversarial and allow for bans of their apps as well. Various members of Congress agreed with Trump\u2019s opinion, to no avail.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump reassured the public on Thursday that he has no plans to ban TikTok if elected. 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