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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Entertainment
Catherine Armecin Martin

Taylor Swift Allegedly Prompts TikTok To Change Policies Over Trump's Use of Her Songs

Taylor Swift songs have been silenced on Donald Trump's TikTok account amid an unverified claim that she prompted a platform-wide copyright policy change (Credit: Paolo Villanueva from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Taylor Swift songs have been silenced on Donald Trump's TikTok account amid an unverified claim that she prompted a platform-wide copyright policy change.

Two of Swift's songs have disappeared from Trump-affiliated TikTok posts, leaving their visuals intact but stripping their soundtracks and raising questions about whether Swift's team requested the removals. The timing has fuelled a bigger claim: that TikTok has quietly changed its policies to allow artists to target their music on specific accounts, including political campaigns and brands.

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