WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape US public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as Washington moves closer to potentially banning the Chinese-owned short-video app.
TikTok logo is placed on the US and Chinese flags in this illustration taken, April 25, 2024.
TikTok says it has spent more than US$1.5 billion on data security efforts and would not share data on its 170 million US users with the Chinese government. The company told Congress last year that it does "not promote or remove content at the request of the Chinese government."President Joe Biden last week signed legislation giving ByteDance 270 days to divest TikTok's US assets or face a ban.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll found 50 per cent of Americans supported banning TikTok, while 32 per cent opposed a ban and the rest were unsure. The poll only surveyed US adults and doesn't reflect the views of people under age 18, who make up a significant portion of TikTok's users in the United States. About six in 10 poll respondents aged 40 and older supported a ban, compared with about four in 10 aged 18-39.
The app is ubiquitous in America. Even Biden's re-election campaign is using it as a tool to win over voters ahead of the Nov 5 presidential election. Biden's rival, Republican Donald Trump, who has criticised a potential ban and is the majority owner of the company that operates his social media app Truth Social, has not joined.
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