"Five years later, 17% of all US adults regularly get news from TikTok. It has put me in front of far more people than legacy media ever has – and I am a former BBC journalist. It has done the same for countless others, almost overwhelmingly young people, who, seemingly abandoned by mainstream media, took the chance to represent themselves."

An excellent piece on what's at stake.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/tiktok-democratic-social-platform-us-ban-silicon-valley-chinese-app

#tiktokban #freespeech #media