Did you know American Support for the TikTok Ban Hits New Low, Study Claims

 

A new study by the Pew Research Center has shed light on the TikTok ban in relation to American perception. As per the results, support for this ban is declining swiftly.

The survey featured responses from nearly 5,000 American adults, which found that only 34% showed support for this decision that includes banning the popular social media app from the country. A similar study showed dramatically different results when conducted in 2023. At that time, the majority, or up to 50% of all adults, were in favor of the ban in the US.

Over time, the same research shed light on how most Americans are getting more and more opposed to this ban. In 2023, the opposition levels stood at 22%, but now it’s hit 32%, which shows how strongly Americans disagree about putting a ban in place.

The trends remain constant across different party lines, and support between Republican and Republican leaning individuals dropped by nearly half to 30% from previous stats of 60%, as shown in March of 2023. Across the board, support fell from 43% to 30%.

So many Americans who don’t use TikTok were up to four times more likely to show support than those who don’t use this platform. 12% of all TikTok fans showed support as compared to 45% who didn’t even use this app.

The popularity of this law declined with time, and now, the app’s fate in America remains unclear. There’s a lot of bipartisan support inside the Senate and the House. We’ve seen former US president Joe Biden sign this ban into law last year in April. They cited concerns linked to possible surveillance from China. This provided TikTok’s parent firm a deadline of January 19 to make things right or face the ban. Thankfully, Donald Trump’s inauguration was one day later, and that’s when we saw his executive order get into play.

He has provided a new deadline of April 4th for ByteDance to sell off 50% ownership to the US, and since the deadline is fast approaching, that again might get extended further. As the deadline soon arose, Trump started to take office, and the app went dark, only to be given a second chance.

Many companies and notable names from the tech world are listed as potential buyers with huge offers, including Oracle, Perplexity AI, and even Microsoft, but no word on who will come out on top. Remember, ByteDance has kept its lips sealed on when and who it plans to sell the company to.