CNN: Taylor Swift takes a quieter approach to Trump using her music on social media
The Trump campaign’s TikTok has used Swift songs at least four times in a year, and the platform later removed the audio from two posts.
- TikTok removed Taylor Swift songs from the Team Trump account over the weekend following unauthorized uses, including a video set to "August" posted Aug. 3 and a parody of her album RED posted last Thursday.
- Team Trump used Swift music at least four times over the past year, leveraging her cultural reach despite potential copyright enforcement risks under TikTok policy.
- Under TikTok policy, a single "copyright strike" expires after 90 days, but three active strikes could push the Team Trump account toward permanent ban, creating operational risk.
- On March 2, the White House Director of Communications posted that performers protesting political music use were "falling for" the campaign's aims and drawing greater attention to videos.
- TikTok's "no illegal uses" political context policy, updated in Aug. 2023, remains visible across 19 archived platform snapshots since December 2023, establishing enforcement standards for political content.
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Olivia Rodrigo, Katy Perry, Noah Kahan and Sabrina Carpenter have well-documented histories of speaking out against President Donald Trump. But when it comes to the use of their music by the White House, not everyone is so...
By Betsy Klein, CNN. Olivia Rodrigo, Katy Perry, Noah Kahan, and Sabrina Carpenter have well-documented histories of speaking out against President Donald Trump. But when it comes to the White House's use of their music, not everyone is so vocal. In recent days, Taylor Swift's music has quietly disappeared. The post Taylor Swift Takes a Lower-the-Top Approach to Trump Using Her Music on Social Media appeared first on KVIA.
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