Majority of Americans brand TikTok as a Chinese influence tool, poll finds

TikTok hasn’t been favored too kindly in a recent poll as a majority of Americans believe that China uses the social media platform as a way to shape U.S. public opinion.

According to a poll conducted by Reuters and Ipsos, 58% of respondents agreed with a statement “that the Chinese government uses TikTok, which China’s ByteDance owns, to ‘influence American public opinion,’”

Only 13% disagreed with that statement and Republicans were more likely than Democrats to agree.

As the potential ban of TikTok looms...