What the President Is Doing on TikTok
A conversation with Charlie Warzel on Joe Biden’s foray into content creation
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The president of the United States is now on TikTok. Joe Biden’s campaign launched an account during the Super Bowl on Sunday, kicking things off with a post about the game captioned “lol hey guys.” I called my colleague Charlie Warzel, who covers tech and internet culture, to discuss what the president is doing on the video platform, and how politicians face the same pressures as any other content creator.
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