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Majority Americans Support TikTok Ban due to Security Risks: Poll

A new poll found that a majority of American voters support a federal ban on Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok.

Lawmakers and experts have increasingly called for a ban of the hugely popular TikTok app due to its privacy and national security risks. Fifty-four percent of voters support a TikTok ban, a new Scott Rasmussen (RMG Research) poll published on The Daily Signal found. The number supporting the ban increased to 58 percent when those polled were asked “if TikTok could be used by [the] Chinese government to interfere in U.S. elections.”

The Daily Signal published the poll results from Rasmussen on Dec. 21. Even as young adults increasingly use TikTok for their news consumption, Americans are waking up to the app’s dangers. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) owns a board seat and maintains a financial stake in TikTok’s parent company…

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