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US TikTok ban: how the looming restriction is affecting scientists on the app

Nature talks to researchers about what is at stake if users in the country lose access.
  1. Ariana Remmel
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Three still images from scientists' videos on TikTok.

Neuroscientist Michael Rhodes (from left), the organic chemist known as Chem Thug and neuroscientist Morgan Johnston all use the social-media app TikTok to communicate science. Credits L-R: Michael Rhodes/rhodeslovesneuroscience/TikTok; Chem Thug; AskANeuroscientist/TikTok

US President Joe Biden signed legislation last month that could trigger a nationwide ban of the popular social-media app TikTok within a year. Researchers who use the app to communicate science to curious followers, study social trends and earn money to support themselves are dismayed and frustrated.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01388-8

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