TikTok teens try to trick Trump campaign, again


TikTok fans are retaliating for Trump’s threats of banning the app, which is owned by China’s Bytedance Ltd and is hugely popular in the US, especially among teens. — Dreamstime/TNS

The TikTok-tivists are at it again.

Thousands of users of the popular video app flocked to the Apple App Store in the last few days to flood US president Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign app with negative reviews. On July 8 alone 700 negative reviews were left on the Official Trump 2020 app and 26 positive ones, according to tracking firm Sensor Tower.

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