The Disingenuous Defense of TikTok

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"This is a very strong defense of TikTok. It screams of like, maybe they got to her," says CNN's John Sutter. "I would have liked to see her take on those 567 facts I just brought up [on the privacy issue]," he adds. 'She didn't bring up the fact that India and other countries have banned it'

Producer Rachel joins Jason to break down the latest tech news. They cover AOC's arguments against banning TikTok (2:29), Alibaba's six-way split (18:43), Disney's metaverse cuts (28:17), Substack's equity crowdfunding (39:16), Lyft's precarious position, and more! (55:09) Then, Jason breaks down the case for shorting Coinbase. (1:12:14)

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(2:29) Reacting to AOC's arguments to not ban TikTok

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(15:09) The CCP’s interest in TikTok

(18:43) Alibaba's six-way split

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(28:17) Disney sunsetting its Metaverse division

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(39:16) Substack's equity crowdfunding

(55:09) Lyft's precarious position

(1:04:18) Twitter shutters legacy verification badges

(1:12:14) Laying out the Coinbase short argument