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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 unpopula
by tsimionescu 2y ago
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.
- creato 2y agoThis 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".
- tsimionescu 2y agoHere 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-ban-public-opnion-poll/77729008007/ 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.
- creato 2y agoYou'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-for-a-us-tiktok-ban-continues-to-decline-and-half-of-adults-doubt-it-will-happen https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/05/support-f...
- immibis 2y agoIf 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"