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Despite their long-running feud with the pop superstar, the Trump campaign and White House had used several Swift tracks in TikTok videos, including the 2020 song August for a video showing the US president and First Lady Melania Trump watching fireworks.

The complaint was filed by Amit Chimnani, a spokesperson of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party

Swift has not spoken recently about Trump, although she endorsed his Democratic rival, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, in 2024.

Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by Donald Trump's campaign team.

Taylor Swift songs removed from White House, Trump campaign posts  reuters.com

Taylor Swift songs removed from several White House TikTok videos  USA Today

Swifties celebrate after Taylor Swift blocks Team Trump from using her song on TikTok  MARCA

Trump's TikTok team posted another video using Swift's song Red from her 2012 album of the same name.

A White House TikTok featuring “The Fate of Ophelia” has also been removed.

Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for The Recording A Taylor Swift fans have rejoiced after the artist blocked Donald Trump from using her music in a TikTok. The “Team Trump” account posted a clip of the president and First Lady Melania set to the song “August” from Swift’s 2020 album “Folklore” on Monday. The awkward cl

The White House Tik Tok account seemed to have drawn a short-lived retreat in its trolling of superstar Taylor Swift (who, if you need reminding, Donald Trump “hates”). A TikTok video posted to the White House account earlier this week depicted the president and First Lady Melania Trump from behind as they watched a fi

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Hong Kong should follow international peers in legislating to bar children under 16 from social media to combat cyberbullying and addiction, education experts and lawmakers have said, while stressing the need for broad social consensus. At a panel discussion on Saturday to examine proposals to restrict social media acc

Entrepreneurs turn £10 social media posts into six-figure business without investors  GB News

A TikTok video that included Taylor Swift’s song “August” posted to the account for Donald Trump’s campaign four days ago has now had the sound removed. The caption on the TikTok video reads, “I’m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song! #taylorswift #maga #august.” The video shows Donald and…

BYU QB Treyson Bourguet’s Post-Practice Recaps Have Become a Hit on Social Media  Sports Illustrated

Lawsuit from ex-federal prosecutor details how a MAGA influencer’s social media post led to his Rosh Hashanah firing  CNN

The leader of Hounslow Reform, Cllr Tony Brown, reposted tweets which say ‘climate emergency is a big hoax’

ANDY Burnham has been told to tone down his “blokeish” social media output, it has emerged.

‘The financial package is very welcome, but I don't think it's right we have had to wait four weeks’ - Cllr Stephen Jenkinson

Georgia’s State Security Service said foreign-controlled “bot accounts” spread false claims on X boasting about urinating and spitting in food served to Russian tourists.

ICE Scours Social Media to Unmask Critics, Raising Free-Speech Concerns  WSJ