Chicago Teachers Union likes Brandon Johnson’s tax on sites like LinkedIn, TikTok – Illinois Policy

Chicago Teachers Union likes Brandon Johnson’s tax on sites like LinkedIn, TikTok – Illinois Policy

The social media tax — 50 cents per user per month after the first 100,000 users — was expected to raise $31 million for Chicago in 2026. But the city is on pace to collect $49.2 million. Because of a pending lawsuit, the city is apparently holding money from the tax in escrow, so its intended use, mental health programs, is coming out of the corporate fund.