TikTok might be popular among America’s youth, but a majority of voters view it as a threat to the United States. An even higher percentage favor a federal ban of the social media platform.
RMG Research, a polling firm led by Scott Rasmussen, shared its latest survey data exclusively with The Daily Signal. The poll was conducted Dec. 18-19 among 1,000 registered U.S. voters.
Rasmussen asked voters to rate social media platforms that posed a “serious threat” to the United States. Of the five major platforms surveyed, 51% of respondents viewed TikTok as a threat. That number increased five percentage points since Rasmussen’s November survey.
TikTok emanated from China, where its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance is headquartered. The Heritage Foundation’s Kara Frederick, director of the Tech Policy Center, has warned that TikTok’s exploitation of…
