The US TikTok Ban
TikTok is hugely popular in the US, but Senators have voted to ban the app. The 麻豆社's Senior Technology Reporter, Chris Vallance answers five questions about the ban.
TikTok is hugely popular in the US, but Senators have voted to ban the app.
In this episode of our 5 Questions On podcast, the 麻豆社's Senior Technology Reporter, Chris Vallance looks at what the ban means, who is supporting it, and how it might work in practice.
US lawmakers say ByteDance, which owns TikTok, is a Chinese company, something the platform denies.
Concerns have been raised about the security of users' data, and allegations that it might be shared with the government in Beijing.
TikTok insists it would not provide foreign user data to the Chinese government and is calling the new legislation an affront to the US right to free speech.
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