The Chinese government could get my IP address another way if they really wanted to. But there aren't that many people or entities that have access to sort of subtle control over what millions of people are seeing each day. We don't have evidence that TikTok is manipulating its algorithm to serve the Chinese government. The idea of tech companies monitoring journalists, again, as Scott said, is not new.
Short sellers come to Jack Dorsey's Block, Apple's employees don't like what they're seeing in the company's AR device, and there's peace in the Silicon Valley Bank tonight. Also, NPR cancels four podcasts, the SEC gets serious about crypto, and Twitter Blue's latest feature is... pretending you don't pay for Twitter Blue? Journalist Emily Baker-White joins Kara and Scott to discuss her work on TikTok, and the stories that led ByteDance employees to spy on her.
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