TikTok ban would hurt San Francisco content creators [Video]

Andrew De Los Santos is a professional social media content creator in San Francisco.

“I had one TikTok video that went viral,” De Los Santos told KTVU, who is against banning TikTok.

His clients hire him to do their marketing on social media, including TikTok.

He said the city of Oakland recently hired him to promote Restaurant Week.

For a video that’s from one minute to a minute and 30 seconds, he charges anywhere from $500 to $2,000.

One quarter of his business comes from TikTok where he has about 12,000 followers.

“I think people love the authenticity of TikTok,” De Los Santos said.

Mikayla Tencer of San Francisco is known as Mikayla Wine Style on TikTok, where Napa Valley winery recommendations and lifestyle posts make up her content.

Tencer is hired by several companies to manage their social media, in addition to her own, which she has done professionally for three years now.

Tencer points out …