42% of Americans support the US government’s ban on TikTok. According to new research.
Survey conducted among 2,000 Americans talker researchfound that of all those surveyed, only 23% were against it, and 31% had no real opinion on the issue.
Interestingly, while 42% of Gen Z and 35% of Millennial respondents say they use the app regularly, 36% and 40%, respectively, support a ban.
This survey was conducted just before President Biden officially signs the billThis gives TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, nine months to arrange a sale of the platform or face a ban in the United States.
Only one in four respondents (25%) said they would be affected by the bill’s passage, and 45% said it would not be affected at all.
In fact, 39% say the TikTok ban would have “no effect” on them, and well over half (58%) report not using the app at all.
Among parents surveyed, 47% expressed concerns about their children using TikTok, and 21% said they were “very” concerned about their children potentially using the app. .
Their biggest concern is the possibility that their child will be exposed to inappropriate or offensive content (58%), followed by worries that their child will become too engrossed in it (51%) I understand.
44% expressed concerns about data privacy and 43% said they were worried that their child would be the target of cyberbullying.
In addition to these, worrying about what they are posting and sharing (39%), worrying about who they are meeting and interacting with (38%), and how long their attention spans are Being shorter (29%) all topped the list.
Only one in five parents said their child’s use of TikTok was not a concern.
