Tiktok is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese Company ByteDance. The app is used by 2 million people globally. In 2021 Cloudfare ranked Tiktok as the most popular website in the world. In 2022 U.S. , U.K., Norway, the EU Parliament, Belgium, Canada and New Zeeland banned government employees from installing the Chinese social media app TikTok on their phones. The applications is banned for use by all citizens in Afghanistan, Armenia, India, Iran and Syria. Proponents of banning TikTok argue that the Chinese government uses the app as an espionage tool to collect data on users worldwide. Opponents argue that the internet should remain open and giving governments power to ban Tiktok would lead to more government regulation of the internet.
29% Yes |
71% No |
27% Yes |
63% No |
2% Yes, and we should do more to stop China from collecting data on our citizens |
5% No, but there should be more age restrictions on social media apps |
1% No, only ban the use on government issues phones |
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1% No, this is a violation of free speech |
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Only if they will not work to moderate the spread of misinformation campaigns, and the same should apply for any social media company that won't do the same
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No, but there should be more restrictions on collecting data and information from users
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No, the Tiktok situation is not unique to Tiktok. This is just political propaganda because Tiktok was the #1 site used by the Freedom Rally.
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No, but we should require TikTok to promote educational content, like how it does in its Chinese version, Douyin. Every major social media out there collects user information and sells it to anyone willing to pay a sufficient price for it, without exception. If we want to prevent foreign governments from accessing user information, we might as well ban the entire internet.
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Split in thought. I wish it were not created in the first place, as I would also hold to for most social media outlets, however I don't find it reasonable or justified to ban it unless it is directly targeted at weakening or destroying a countries security or other pivotal functions.
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