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Novina Putri Bestari, CNBC Indonesia
Tech
Thursday, 02/05/2024 21:50 IWST
Photo: US President Joe Biden delivers a speech during a campaign event at Mother Emanuel AME Church, site of the 2015 mass shooting, in Charleston, South Carolina, US, January 8, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – TikTok is believed to be a tool for the Chinese government to shape public opinion in the United States (US). This comes from a poll survey of US citizens which collected an affirmative answer of 58%
Only a few respondents to a survey conducted by and Ipsos said they did not agree with TikTok being a tool of China. The number was only 13% and the rest said they were not sure or did not answer, quoted Thursday (2/5/2024).
Half of respondents to a and Ipsos survey supported TikTok being blocked. However, 32% opposed the ban and the rest said they were not sure.
This response was quite surprising. Because, some time ago, when regulations threatened to block TikTok, many US citizens reportedly protested. TikTok also said blocking its application would stifle the freedom of expression of its 170 million users in the US.
In addition, 46% of answers said TikTok was indeed spying on the lives of US people. Regarding elections, 60% of people said it was inappropriate for candidates to use TikTok for campaigning.
reported TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Since the last few years, the US government has accused TikTok of endangering its national security. However, the video sharing application also continues to deny this.
TikTok has also said it spends more than US$1.5 billion on data security. Including confirming that he would not share data on 170 million US users with the Chinese government.
Additionally, TikTok said it had not changed anything at China’s request. “It does not promote or remove content at the request of the Chinese government,” the company said last year.
Most recently, Joe Biden’s government threatened to block TikTok from his country. The application can be released as long as Bytedance, the parent company, releases TikTok within 270 days.
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