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 |
25% Yes |
62% No |
4% 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 |
3% 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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no but there should be more education on cyber safety
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No. Most social media platforms collect data on our citizens (Facebook icluded) so we can't selectively enforce this.
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No, but increase laws against data collection
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No, however we should create laws against data collection for the purposes of tracking and selling, both stored here and overseas.
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yes and ban other apps like TikTok
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There should be further investigation and restrictions placed.
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