{"id":186292,"date":"2024-09-05T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=186292"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:14:57","slug":"support-for-a-us-tiktok-ban-continues-to-decline-and-half-of-adults-doubt-it-will-happen","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/09\/05\/support-for-a-us-tiktok-ban-continues-to-decline-and-half-of-adults-doubt-it-will-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for a U.S. TikTok ban continues to decline, and half of adults doubt it will happen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A photo illustration TikTok logo displayed on a cellphone in front of U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Celal Gunes\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As public support for a TikTok ban continues to decline, many U.S. adults are skeptical or unsure such a ban will happen, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted July 15-Aug. 4, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The share of Americans who support the U.S. government banning TikTok now stands at 32%. <\/strong>That\u2019s down from 38% in fall 2023 and 50% in March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 28% of Americans oppose a ban, up from 22% in March 2023. And the share who say they are uncertain whether the government should ban the platform has risen from 28% in March 2023 to 39% now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These findings come as TikTok\u2019s fate in the United States continues to be uncertain. President Joe Biden signed a bill<\/a> in April that requires ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to sell it or face a ban in the U.S. Challenges to this law are now headed to the courts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below we\u2019ll look more closely at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n