The TikTok ban is losing support among Americans, study says

Americans’ support for a TikTok ban is declining, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. This survey of over 5,000 U.S. adults found that just 34% of respondents supported banning the short form video app. When Pew ran a similar study in 2023, 50% of adults supported the TikTok ban. Over the same time span, the study also shows more Americans growing opposed to the ban. While 22% of respondents opposed it in 2023, that population rose to 32% in the recent study. These trends were consistent across party lines, with support for the ban among Republican and Republican-leaning voters dropping from 60% to 30% since March 2023. Across the aisle, support dropped from 43% to 30%. But Americans who don’t use TikTok were almost four times as likely to support the ban than those who do use the app — 12% of TikTok users supported the ban, as opposed to 45% of non-users. Though the popularity of this legislation has waned, TikTok’s fate in the U.S. remains uncertain. With biparti ... Read full article.