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Trump’s official campaign app had to reset its rating after being trolled by TikTokers

Trump’s official campaign app had to reset its rating after being trolled by TikTokers An effort by TikTok users to troll President Trump’s official campaign app with thousands of one-star reviews appears to have had an impact — if not the impact the pranksters had wanted. In July, Bloomberg reported TikTok activists were flocking to the Official Trump 2020 app on the U.S. App Store to fill it with negativereviews.

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Sat Aug 22 - Techcrunch

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