The good, the bad and the algorithm: What banning TikTok could do to Colorado creators

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "I literally see that when I'm more heated about an injustice, it reaches new groups of people who are seeing (my content) for the first time.
62% : ByteDance stands to rake in tens of billions of dollars by selling TikTok to non-Chinese owners, but it's unclear how that would work for the globalized company.
57% : The polar bears,' but it's an actual gripping fear about what will my life look like in this area 50 years from now," Lehto said.
56% : In December, Trump hosted TikTok's Singaporean CEO, Shou Chew, at Mar-a-Lago.
52% : In March of this year, Congress passed the -- deep breath -- Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which gave TikTok's parent company ByteDance until Jan. 19, 2025, to sell the platform to a non-Chinese company, or face a ban in the U.S.
49% : Meanwhile, public support of a ban has crumbled to 32%, down from 50% in March 2023, according to a Pew Research report.
42% : "I have to constantly revisit how I'm using it as a tool and not get my, not have my identity wrapped up in it," he said.
40% : That began a flurry of legal and legislative debates that have persisted throughout the Biden administration, resulting in a "sale-or-ban" law, which is set to take effect the day before Trump begins his second term.
40% : Scrutiny of TikTok ramped up in August 2020, when then-President Trump signed an executive order that kicked off what has come to be known as the "TikTok ban."
39% : "President Trump alone possesses the consummate dealmaking expertise, the electoral mandate, and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns expressed by the Government," the filing reads.
38% : They worry China could use the platform to spread misinformation, to bury anti-China content, or to promote anti-American propaganda. More than 30 states and the federal government already ban the app from government-issued devices and networks (with some of those restrictions extending to public universities -- though students report switching onto cellular data to access TikTok).
37% : In subsequent interviews, Trump acknowledged a "soft spot" for the app, owing in part to his nearly 15 million followers.
34% : On Dec. 27, Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause the ban so he could "save the platform," according to a court filing.
28% : Trump, though, has since reversed his stance on the app.
15% : Trump also has a contentious relationship with Facebook, and has said he would not want a ban to benefit TikTok's competitors, namely Meta, which he has called an "enemy of the people.

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