A TikTok Ban Hangs in the Balance Once Again

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🗓️ 24 January 2023

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Summary

There are growing efforts to ban the popular social media app TikTok by some U.S. lawmakers.

Negotiations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on how to keep TikTok in the U.S. are ongoing; but some legislators are still trying to ban Tik Tok's parent company ByteDance from doing business in the country entirely.

How is this different from former President Donald Trump's efforts in 2020? Is there a way to keep TikTok in the U.S. while addressing national security concerns?

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0:00.0	I don't use TikTok. I don't like the idea of it at all.
0:11.6	My concern with TikTok is that it really narrows people the tensions band.
0:18.1	It seems to feed this culture of instant celebrity.
0:22.3	That's an addition to my concerns about it being Chinese spyware.
0:26.4	So I'm all for a band.
0:29.0	Those were listeners Steven and Minneapolis in Steven Humboldt Park, sharing concerns I think
0:33.9	a lot of us have about the social media platform we'd love to hate.
0:37.7	TikTok is under scrutiny again for its relationship with the Chinese government.
0:41.9	It's a subsidiary of the Chinese company by dance.
0:45.0	Some legislators have joined forces drafting a bill that would ban the app if passed.
0:49.2	It's called the Anti-Social Chinese Communist Party Act.
0:52.4	I'm Nailibutu, InfraGen White, and you're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to
0:56.7	the heart of the story.
0:57.9	We get into the bill and more after the break.
1:00.4	Stay with us.
1:01.4	Alright, let's talk TikTok.
1:08.4	Joining us now is Democratic Representative Roger Krishnamorthy.
1:11.7	He's the representative for Illinois's eighth district and one of the co-sponsors of the
1:15.2	bill that would ban the app.
1:16.8	Welcome, Congressman.
1:17.8	Hey, Nailibut.
1:18.8	Thank you for having me.
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