Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy weighs in on TikTok debate [Video]

Barstool Sports founder and president Dave Portnoy said it’s hard to underestimate the importance of TikTok for small businesses and content creators as lawmakers mull the next steps for the social media platform.

“I’m very concerned about how many people earn a living. It’s huge. You can’t underestimate that. And just to cut it out – and you got people who are investing in Meta writing the bills, it’s all pretty confusing,” he said Tuesday on “The Will Cain Show.”

TikTok went dark in the United States late Saturday night after the app’s China-based parent company ByteDance failed to sell the platform to a U.S. buyer.

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