How a TikTok ban could impact local Valley small businesses

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Known arsenic Mikey the Foodie Guy connected TikTok. Mikey has a passionateness for food. helium shares that emotion with his followers connected TikTok.

Mikey's leafage shows much than 74,000 followers and implicit 1.2 Million likes. Many of his videos get much than 10,000 views.

"I usage my level to enactment family-owned restaurants," said Mikey. "I've done a batch videos wherever the edifice was astir to close, and present it has 2 oregon 3 locations."

Willy's Philly's is 1 of those businesses that gained a batch of attention, acknowledgment to Mikey sharing a nutrient review."We started noticing our concern going up. It helped us," said Wilson Tadros, the proprietor of Willy's Philly's, "For a tiny concern owner, it is simply a escaped connection to link with your customers."

Owner Wilson Tadros said customers arsenic acold arsenic LA person stopped by his shop.

On Wednesday, House leaders passed a bipartisan bill to unit TikTok's genitor institution to merchantability oregon look a ban. Lisa Yeo, an adjunct tech prof astatine UC Merced, said determination would beryllium an economical interaction for contented creators and businesses that trust connected the platform.

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It's thing that some Tadros and Mickey hold with.

"A batch of radical are trying to grow, a batch of radical are conscionable vendors," said Tadros. "A batch of radical that are conscionable starting up, there's nary funds. The mode things are going with ostentation and outgo of goods, this close present is fundamentally free."

"Without TikTok, without that benignant of platform, honestly it would truly beryllium a large deed to tiny businesses," said Mikey.

Yeo besides adds portion determination is simply a escaped code concern, determination is inactive the contented of privacy.

"I spot this arsenic astir similar a band-aid connected the information privateness issue," said Yeo, "because determination is thing that stops oregon addresses the underlying interest that our information is ever being collected and monitored."

TikTok took to X and said 7 cardinal tiny businesses would beryllium affected by this ban. The societal media level said it's hoping that the Senate volition perceive to their constituents -- and recognize the interaction it could person connected the economy.

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