The poll published Monday, which surveyed 1,349 adult respondents across the United States, found that 40 per cent backed Trump’s recent executive order forcing China’s ByteDance to sell its TikTok operations in the United States by September 15. The responses were largely split along party lines, and many of those who agreed with Trump’s order said they do not know much about TikTok. Twenty-one percent of Democrats also supported Trump’s order and 46 per cent said they were familiar with TikTok. TikTok claims about 100 million monthly active users in the U.S.The Chinese company must now divest TikTok in the United States. The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online, in English, from August 25-27 throughout the United States.

Source: Standard Digital August 31, 2020 12:00 UTC