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Julia Johnson, Politics Reporter


NextImg:Biden team trashes report it's considering using TikTok as app controversy ramps up


President Joe Biden's campaign swatted down a report Friday that it may be joining TikTok to reach younger voters.

"Lol this is not a scoop," Biden campaign senior communications adviser T.J. Ducklo wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in response to an article from Axios.

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Biden's reelection team is considering making its TikTok debut, according to Axios, particularly given the app's ability to reach young voters.

However, the app has stirred controversy for years due to its Chinese ownership and questions about data storage. Its algorithm and the growing share of people using it as a main source of news also have raised alarm bells. But Republicans have made more noise about their concerns regarding the app, and some prominent Democrats still use the app to their advantage.

"Campaigns talk about a bunch of stuff and some we do and a bunch we don’t," Ducklo continued. "Something some outlets who know better choose to ignore for cLicKs. If we have news to share we’ll let yall know!"


The report also comes on the heels of former al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's "Letter to America" going viral on the platform, with a number of users saying they understand his reasoning for the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Users connected the letter to other U.S. involvement in the Middle East, including ally Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

Following backlash to the letter's popularity on the app, TikTok officials said the platform would prohibit videos promoting it.

"Content promoting this letter clearly violates our rules on supporting any form of terrorism," TikTok officials said in a statement. They also claimed reports that the letter was "trending" were not true, although several posts praising the letter were downloaded from TikTok and shared across other platforms.

With the growing number of young people getting their news from social media and TikTok in particular, Biden's White House has already looked to use influencers as an asset. In the past, White House officials have given an online briefing to dozens of online influencers on important topics.

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The White House digital team additionally houses staffers devoted to outreach with content creators because "we're trying to reach young people, but also moms who use different platforms to get information and climate activists and people whose main way of getting information is digital," White House deputy chief of staff Jen O'Malley Dillon said in April.

There was speculation in the spring that TikTok influencers might get their own briefing room in the White House, but that never materialized.