We ask Londoners what they think of TikTok, and the banning controversy of the platform in the United States.
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00:00My view of currently the way TikTok's been handled with the ban,
00:03I feel like it's dangerous to take away people's freedom of speech.
00:06I feel like the ban was for financial reasons against China,
00:10correct me if I'm wrong,
00:11rather than concerns over any social media's impact.
00:17I think there's so much bad that comes from social media,
00:20especially TikTokers, there's just so much...
00:23Everything is on there in a kind of terrifying way,
00:26yet also there is amazing communities on TikTok.
00:31Yeah, I feel like social media is a force of nature in itself at the moment,
00:35and you get wealthy entrepreneurs or political figures
00:38using it as a platform to shift public perception.
00:42I would say that social media as a whole,
00:45obviously there's lots about that and mental health
00:47and the changing of how it's changed society and general culture.
00:52It's sort of a snowball effect.
00:54I don't think you can cancel it.
00:55I don't think you can hold back on those things.
00:58I think it's just about awareness.