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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, the poll “found 50% of Americans supported banning” the app “while 32% opposed a ban and the rest were unsure.” The poll surveyed U.S.