She added that some of the issues lawmakers brought up around TikTok, especially surrounding potential harms for teens, "are happening everywhere." “And that's one of the issues here again, these legislators should be thinking more broadly across the entire social media spectrum,” Swisher said.
“It will help a lot of other social media sites, primarily Facebook.” “The fact of the matter is this will help Facebook Reels,” she said of a possible ban, referring to a copycat feature Meta introduced to complete with TikTok. Longtime tech journalist Kara Swisher, host of the "On with Kara Swisher" podcast, kicked off the primetime special by telling CNN that a TikTok ban would be a boon for US tech giants, such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram.
Kara Swisher, host of the "On with Kara Swisher" podcast (CNN) And now we're talking about banning that.” “It's very upsetting for a lot of us, because we rely on these spaces to talk about issues that really matter to us.
“For people like me, you know, Black and brown people of color, it would be very detrimental to us,” she said of a TikTok ban. “It'd be a shame to lose it,” Williams said.įellow TikTok creator Ashley Renne Nsonwu added that TikTok has also helped people from diverse backgrounds find community. “And I think that it's a really great source for information that a lot of people turn to, and it's where we build a lot of community and gathering.” TikTok is their Google, it's their Yelp," she said. “A lot of our younger community, you know, under 30, they live on TikTok. Williams also stressed how an entire generation of American young people now “live on TikTok,” and don’t want to see it go. A ban would mean a hit to her business, she said. TikTok creator Hannah Williams told CNN that she built her business through the app, and now makes some $200,000 a year. TikTok creators Ashley Renne Nsonwu and Hannah Williams (CNN)
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