A new Pew Research Center study showed 60% of Americans see TikTok as a threat to national security.
about the app's TikTok had about 150 million American users as of March.
About three in five, or 60% of surveyed Americans view TikTok as a threat to national security, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center released Monday.
Of the Republican and Republican-leaning respondents, 70% perceived TikTok as a national security threat, compared to 53% of the Democratic and Democratic-leaning respondents.
A separate Pew study released back in March showed that 50% of Americans supported banning the TikTok app.
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