A verified account of former US President Donald Trump has appeared on the TikTok social network with the username realdonaldtrump.
As of 09:50 Bulgarian time, about 457,500 people have already subscribed to it. So far, only one small clip has been posted there, showing footage of Trump's visit to one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events.
„The president is already on TikTok,” UFC director Dana White said in the video, pointing to Trump standing nearby.
The footage then ends, but in the next shot, Trump, standing next to White in the same spot, says, “I am honored”.
Even during the Trump administration, US authorities expressed concern about the growing popularity of the social network TikTok in the US. They explained their fears by the fact that the personal data of American users is available to the authorities of the PRC. The company has repeatedly categorically denied such accusations, stating the protection of user data and the fact that all data of American customers is stored on servers located in the United States.
TikTok is an application for creating and viewing short videos owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It was launched in 2018. TikTok has headquarters in Los Angeles and Singapore.