Someone cue up that "oh-no-no-no-no" song because the U.S. might BAN TikTok.
The FCC commissioner said he doesn't think it's a matter of IF it'll happen anymore, but WHEN it'll happen.
Many lawmakers have been calling for a ban for years over security issues. It's owned by the Chinese, with ties to their government. And they've supposedly been tracking specific Americans' locations.
The Senate just voted to ban it on all government devices this week. But there's also a new bill to FULLY ban it in the U.S. President Biden would have to sign off, along with the House and Senate.
President Trump tried to ban it in 2020 with an executive order, but the courts overturned it. Since then, TikTok has been in talks to hand over control of its data to a U.S. company. But some people don't think that would solve it.
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So what do the American PEOPLE think about a ban? A new poll done yesterday found only about a quarter of adults are against the idea.
50% of adults said they'd support banning TikTok . . . 28% would oppose it . . . and 23% didn't have an opinion.
52% of people in the survey said they never use TikTok anyway. But 19% of adults use it daily, including a third of people under 45.
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The Rise and Fall of the Popular Social Networks from 2003 to 2022
If you haven't seen it, Data Is Beautiful released a video showing the popularity of different social networks from 2003 to 2022. It's one of those fast-moving graphs where you watch the number of the network's users rise or fall.
It's fascinating to see MySpace dominating in 2003 and then eventually disappear . . . as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok work their way up.
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