Americans surprisingly support US TikTok ban with even Gen X saying losing the app would not impact them [Video]

FORTY-TWO percent of Americans support the U.S. government’s TikTok ban, according to new research.

The survey of 2,000 Americans, conducted by Talker Research, found that only 23% of all those polled are against it, while 31% have no real opinion on the matter.

TikTok may face a ban in the U.S. due to a newly proposed lawCredit: Reuters

President Joe Biden has signed legislation that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S.Credit: AP

TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, will have nine months or a year to sell the the video-sharing platformCredit: Getty

Interestingly, while 42% of Gen Z and 35% of millennial respondents reported that they regularly use the app, 36% and 40%, respectively, support the ban.

This research was conducted just before President Biden officially signed the bill, which gives TikTok’s parent company ByteDance nine months to arrange a sale of the platform or face a ban in the United …