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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

With bipartisan support in the House and Senate, former President Joe Biden signed the TikTok ban into law last April, citing concerns about potential Chinese surveillance. This gave the Chinese TikTok owner ByteDance until January 19 — the day before the next presidential inauguration — to sell the app to an American company. But American users were only blocked out for around twelve hours before the app came back online; President Trump postponed ByteDance’s sale deadline another three months until April 19.

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