More Americans favor than oppose the U.S. government banning TikTok, according to a new survey by pollster Scott Rasmussen.
TikTok, the Chinese-owned viral social media app, which has come under suspicion of surveilling American citizens on behalf of the Chinese government, will be banned as of Sunday unless the company complies with a federal order to be sold. The Supreme Court upheld the ban Friday, ruling that it did not violate the First Amendment right to free speech.
For many Americans, the ban would drastically change the way they receive information and interact online.
According to Rasmussen’s Napolitan News Service survey released Friday, 12% of 1,000 respondents say they use TikTok “almost constantly”; 11% use it “several times a day”; 10% use it “about once a day”; 9% use it “several times a week”; and 11% use it once a week or…
