The president has been hearing from pro-Palestinian protesters at public events and on the campaign trail, and now on his campaign’s newest platform.
  • jaybone@lemmy.world
    292·
    9 months ago

    I thought we were discouraging use of TikTok sue to Chinese influence, especially for government use. Why is Biden using it?

    • platypus_plumba@lemmy.world
      121·
      9 months ago

      Because it is the new tool presidents all over the world are using to reach younger audiences whenever they want to win the elections.

    • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
      121·
      9 months ago

      Because unfortunately, you have to meet the customers voters where they are. You’re not gonna reach gen z with cable ads anymore.

    • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
      10·
      9 months ago

      He’s not using it for government use. He’s using it for campaign use, to campaign to voters who are on TikTok.

    • Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee
      91·
      9 months ago

      They don’t want the app on government issued work phones.

      These boomers are free to dance and talk about their favorite cookies all they want on their private devices.

      • RippleEffect@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        To be fair… Government devices should be locked down. They’re not personal devices.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
    161·
    9 months ago

    Didn’t they remove TikTok from government phones? I feel like that’s something that happened?

    • NotAtWork@startrek.website
      10·
      9 months ago

      yes, it’s also illegal to use government phones for campaign purposes, so it’s fine to use TicTok on a campaign owned device.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    81·
    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    President Joe Biden launched a TikTok account this week to connect with young voters, and the pro-Palestinian protests that have beset his recent in-person events are now following him online.

    Since then, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have confronted Biden at a campaign stop in Michigan, chanting “Genocide Joe.” And protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza have waited outside Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s home to have their gripes heard.

    But speaking to NBC News just a few hours after posting her comment, Niusulu said Biden can still regain her vote so long as he sanctions Israel, cuts off aid and reigns in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    Jack Lobel, 19, the national press secretary for Voters of Tomorrow, a nonprofit young-voter engagement organization, said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza still hasn’t shifted the “fundamental choice” of the 2024 election.

    In 2020, she encouraged her friends to head to the polls and vote for Biden and for Rep. Ruben Gallego, the Democratic congressman from her district who’s now vying for independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s seat.

    Calling Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza a “genocide” is controversial, with various experts opposing that view and the United Nations’ high court in the Netherlands hearing a case on the issue.

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  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    811·
    9 months ago

    More like the pro-Trump bots found his TikTok page and are astroturfing it with “Genocide Joe” copy pasted everywhere.

    Otherwise left leaning people can’t honestly be that stupid to try and deter others from voting for Biden because of the Israel/Palestine thing. As crazy as it is, there are bigger issues at play here. Palestinians are a human sacrifice by the ruling class.

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      74·
      9 months ago

      liberals when other liberals dare to criticize their choice of president for funding a genocide

      Why do you people insist that targeting Biden for his poor policy somehow equates to supporting Trump?

      Not saying anything in hopes that Biden wins by removing pressure or deterence is called bootlicking. You are bootlicking his current policies simply because you want him to win, and not because you want him to change or improve anything which he won’t do if he doesn’t receive pushback.

      This is as dumb as conservatives thinking that not targeting landlords will magically reduce rent because the better landlords will naturally take hold

  • seesaw@lemmy.ml
    410·
    9 months ago

    Same Palestinians who celebrated 9/11 are complaining that US is not defending them. Ludicrous