Only 28% of Americans Support Banning TikTok, Poll Says
Only about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok , according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate will take up the so-called TikTok ban bill that passed the House earlier this month, this new poll will probably give lawmakers pause about the next steps.
The House bill, “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” passed on March 13 with a vote of 352 to 65, but without clear partisan distinctions. The bill would force TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance to divest from the app, something it’s signaled it has no intention of ever doing. If ByteDance either wouldn’t or couldn’t sell within six months, the app would be banned in the U.S.
But the new polling from Savanta suggests the 170 Americans who use TikTok believe they could find a way around the ban. Roughly 60% say “their friends” would continue using the app even if a ban were enacted, an interesting way to ask the question.
