US President Joe Biden became a TikTok user on Sunday night, marking his debut on the social network with a 26-second video, AFP reported on Monday.

In recent years, the US government – ​​both the previous Republican team and the Biden administration – have sharply criticized the video-sharing app, Agerpres reports.

TikTok, which is owned by Chinese group ByteDance, has been accused by a number of US politicians of being a propaganda tool of the Chinese government, which the Chinese group strongly denies.

In a video posted Sunday on the @bidenhq campaign account, the 81-year-old Democratic president blithely touches on a variety of topics from politics to the NFL.

When asked if he preferred the Super Bowl or his famous halftime show, headlined this year by singer Usher, he said he chose the game.

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When asked about the existence of a secret conspiracy to rig the game so that pop star Taylor Swift, whose boyfriend Travis Kelce is a player for the Kansas City Chiefs, could then use her fame to endorse Joe Biden, the president responded with humor: I’d be in trouble if I told you.’

TikTok, banned in several US states

Several US states and the US federal government have banned the app from being used on official government devices, citing national security risks.

In the northwestern state of Montana, a judge recently blocked an effort by the state’s administration to ban the program entirely.

While the application remains under review by Washington, it appears that federal action to ban or restrict use of the social network is not expected.

“It seems like the idea of ​​the intervention was put forward more to score political points than as part of a serious legislative effort,” David Green, a civil rights lawyer, recently told Britain’s The Guardian.

With the elections approaching, the platform also allows it to reach young voters, who are its main users.