TIME.CO, Jakarta – Nearly half of US adults support banning Chinese-owned social media apps, Tick tock, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Sigi also raised questions about China’s national security and concerns.
TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance and used by tens of millions of Americans, is facing attacks from US lawmakers over a nationwide ban. As reported by Reuters, they have concerns about the possible influence of the Chinese government.
About 47 percent of respondents to the two-day poll, which ended Tuesday, August 16, 2023 U.S. time, or yesterday Western Indonesian time, said they support at least “a ban on social media application, TikTok in the U.S. While 36% opposed the ban and 17% said they didn’t know.
Opinion polls show that fifty-eight percent of Republicans support a ban, compared to 47 percent of Democrats.
The poll also revealed deep concern among Americans about China’s global influence at a time when US-China relations are at their lowest point in decades.
The Reuters/Ipsos online survey was conducted nationwide, collecting responses from 1,005 adults, including 443 Democrats and 346 Republicans. This survey has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of about 4 percentage points.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in March that the Chinese government could use TikTok to monitor software on millions of devices and push narratives to divide Americans. He stated that this application raises an alarm about national security issues.
Other senior US intelligence officials, including CIA Director William Burns, have also said that TikTok poses a threat.
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TikTok said in a statement that more than 150 million Americans, including 5 million US businesses, are actively using TikTok to make a living, attend classes, and find community.
“We have taken unprecedented steps to keep US users’ secure data safe and will continue to work to build a safe, secure and inclusive platform to ensure a positive experience for our users in every corner of the country,” a TikTok spokesperson said. .
Efforts to give the Biden administration new powers to ban TikTok have stalled in Congress. Last month, US lawmakers said they were considering changes to address concerns about the bill.
However, the issue may be front and center for Republicans in the 2024 US presidential campaign, with several candidates backing a TikTok ban.
Former President Donald Trump attempted to ban new TikTok downloads in 2020, but a series of court decisions prevented the ban from taking effect.
Governor Florida and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said he supported some form of national ban on the app.
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