Trump now has a verified account on TikTok rival Triller
- President Donald Trump now has a verified account on Triller, a competitor of TikTok.
- Since July, Trump has targeted TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, a Chinese firm, citing security concerns for data collection.
- Trump uploaded a few videos on the app on Saturday for his presidential election campaign. In one video he asked people to follow him on the app, saying "Nobody can do it like me, nobody, nobody can do it like me."
President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok rival app, Triller.
Since July, Trump has lashed out against concerns for TikTok. In early August, the president issued an executive order that prevents TikTok's parent company, Chinese firm ByteDance, from engaging with "any transactions" with Americans and American companies.
Then on Friday, Trump ordered ByteDance to divest from any assets it has in TikTok's US operations within 90 days. The Trump administration has claimed that the app poses threats to national security, although it has not publicly provided evidence.
In his new verified account on Triller, Trump has already posted content that signals how he might use the app as a new platform for his campaign. In his first video posted Friday, Trump asked users to follow his account.
"Nobody can do it like me, nobody, nobody can do it like me," he said in the video.
Triller launched in 2015 – before TikTok, which launched in 2017. One of the co-owners of Triller Ryan Kavanaugh told CNBC that the app sees itself as "the adult version" of TikTok. Kavanaugh told CNBC that the app is "a little more risque" than TikTok. Triller is currently the #23 app on the App Store's Photo and Video apps.
Gaining momentum against TikTok, the Triller app launched two creator houses in LA similar to TikTok's Hype House, which was created last year so that famous TikTokers could live together to create viral moments.
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