TikTok is used by nearly 100 million Americans for everything from education about climate change and the Black Lives Matter movement to dance videos and comedic skits. The app has been downloaded more than two billion times. Do you use TikTok? What role does it play in your life?
Despite the video sharing app’s popularity, or because of it, President Trump threatened this summer to ban it in the United States. In August, citing national security concerns, he issued a series of executive orders that required ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, to sell its American assets.
TikTok content creators have been responding and reacting to the threatened ban and eventual sale of TikTok.