Some of these users in Montana are now frustrated with their local lawmakers. TikTok has served as a lifeline for many to connect with others, and for businesses to reach customers. TikTok said in March that it has 150 million monthly active users in the United States, up from 100 million users in 2020, when the Trump administration first threatened to ban the service. TikTok, like other social media platforms, has also come under scrutiny in Washington for its potential negative impacts on young users as well as fears that its algorithms may lead users to potentially harmful subject matter, including posts related to suicide and eating disorders.īut the app’s audience appears to keep growing. TikTok later confirmed that some US user data can be accessed by some employees in China, but it has repeatedly denied that the Chinese government has asked for its user data. Criticism of TikTok ramped up last year after a BuzzFeed News report said some US user data had been repeatedly accessed from China, and cited one employee who alleged: “Everything is seen in China.” The push to take action against TikTok has been months, if not years, in the making. If he lost all of the friends that he made over the past four years, and all of the content that he spent much of his free time creating for fellow Montanans, “That would suck,” he said. Poole said he makes “grocery” money off of TikTok, but he does it as “a fun hobby” and to make friends. Poole has amassed a following of more than 400,000 people who tune in for his mostly Montana-themed comedy videos. Poole, who calls himself the “Unofficial Ambassador for the State of Montana” on TikTok, told CNN about a ban going into effect. “It would definitely be a real kick in the face for me to, like, suddenly lose overnight,” Christian W.
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