Policymakers at the federal and state levels have increasingly questioned TikTok’s practices regarding user data in recent months, fearing that the Chinese government could access information about Americans. Republican TikTok users are also more likely than Democratic users to hold this view (48% vs. Among users, those ages 30 and older are more likely than those 18 to 29 see the platform as a threat (47% vs. Still, about four-in-ten TikTok users say the platform is a threat to the country. This share climbs steadily across age groups, reaching 46% among Americans 65 and older.Īdults who do not use TikTok are more likely than those who do to consider it a national security risk. Just 13% of adults ages 18 to 29 say TikTok is a major threat. Views of TikTok as a threat also vary by age. Half say TikTok is a major threat to national security in the U.S., while about a quarter or fewer say the same among moderate or liberal Republicans or among Democrats of any ideology. In the new survey, seven-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say TikTok is a threat to national security in the U.S., compared with 53% of Democrats and Democratic leaners.Ĭonservative Republicans stand out in how big of a threat they see in TikTok. Opinions about the national security threat posed by TikTok differ along partisan lines, as was the case in another recent survey that asked Americans about a government ban on the platform. Just 17% of Americans say the platform is not a threat to national security and another 23% aren’t sure. Here are the questions used for this analysis, along with responses, and its methodology. adult population by gender, race and ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. Everyone who took part in the survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This survey was conducted among 5,101 U.S. This study sought to understand views on how TikTok uses people’s data, as well as where they stand on the current debate over national security considerations. Pew Research Center has a long record of studying Americans’ views of social media companies and how these companies use the data they collect.
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