S8 Ep9: The Real Impact Of The TikTok Ban - 170m Users Ft. Jonathan Futa

In this episode we talk with Jonathan Futa who is a co-founder of Group RFZ, a research firm specialising in influencer marketing measurement. His primary focus is utilising the latest technology to develop new products and methodologies. Prior to starting Group RFZ, Jonathan worked on political and corporate campaigns around the world managing ad testing and strategic research projects. Group RFZ conducted research into users and creator knowledge around the pending TikTok Ban due to come into place on the 19th January 2025. We talk in detail about the impact on the 170 million users and the billions of advertising revenue at stake as well as the millions of companies that will lose sales revenue as a result. The concerns over national security with the Chinese owners Byte Dance we discuss and the emerging Rednote platform. if you want to find out more follow Jonathan on LinkedIn do so here https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanfuta/