Why the U.S. Government is Taking on TikTok

What’s truly behind the proposed bill in Congress to ban the TikTok app? Andy thinks it may have more to do with U.S.-China competition than national security or our children’s mental health. He explores that opinion with investigative journalist Julia Angwin and Cornell’s Tech Policy Institute director Sarah Kreps, who lay out the concerns raised about TikTok and explain why banning it won’t keep us safe.

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• Read Julia’s opinion piece, “How to Fix the TikTok Problem”: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/opinion/tiktok-ban-big-tech-china.html
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