TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users

Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by tsimionescu on Monday January 20, 2025 @02:41AM (#42765987)

Since we all live in democratic regimes, maybe, just maybe, the will of the people should matter here at least a little bit? Banning TikTok is a deeply unpopular idea, across all party lines. It's only popular among the anti-democratic elites, from Trump (who first got this ball rolling), to Biden, to European leaders playing their "high-level" games.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by creato on Monday January 20, 2025 @02:51AM (#42766056)

This is simply false, at least in the US. A small majority favor banning it. It's not huge, but it's not a "deeply unpopular idea".

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by tsimionescu on Monday January 20, 2025 @02:55AM (#42766071)

Here is a poll showing only 42% of Republicans and 24% of Democrats supporting the ban:

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2025/01/15/tiktok-ba...

I was a bit wrong in calling it deeply unpopular across party lines, but it's certainly quite unpopular overall, and deeply unpopular among Democrats.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by creato on Monday January 20, 2025 @03:10AM (#42766146)

You're lumping "not sure" in with "oppose the ban". You could just as easily lump "not sure" with "support the ban" and conclude that not banning it is deeply unpopular.

Here's the actual poll: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/05/support-f...

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by immibis on Monday January 20, 2025 @05:43AM (#42767264)

If you're trying to argue that a majority favors banning it, then, obviously, all opinions other than "favor banning it" have to be lumped together as "don't favor banning it"

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