White House opens TikTok account despite upcoming ban

The White House has launched an official account on Chinese-owned TikTok less than a month before President Trump is set to ban the social media platform.  

A 2024 data protection law required TikTok to stop operating by January 19 of this year unless ByteDance, the app’s mother company, had sold off its U.S. operations.

Trump, who was an avid user of TikTok during his Presidential campaign, extended the selloff deadline to early…