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What’s Behind the Bipartisan Attack on TikTok?

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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The idea of banning TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese company, is getting real traction in Washington. At the recent congressional hearing with TikTok CEO, members of both parties were in full display of performative outrage. "Can you say with a hundred percent certainty that TikTok does not use the phone's camera to determine whether the content that elicits a pupil dilation should be amplified?" asks Rep. Steve Israel.

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