Summary
Members of Congress are proposing a TikTok ban. What are the best arguments for and against it? Plus, a reader question about what is happening in Israel.
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| 1:00.9 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking without all that hysterical nonsense you find everywhere else. |
| 1:06.4 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about a TikTok ban. |
| 1:12.1 | More specifically, the ban being proposed by Congress, some members of Congress, and being pushed right now by President Biden. The CEO of TikTok is testifying for Congress today, so we'll talk |
| 1:18.8 | about that. Before we do, though, as always, we'll start off with some quick hits. |
| 1:35.7 | First up, a New York grand jury postponed a vote on indicting former President Donald Trump for allegedly using campaign funds as hush money, though the vote could happen as soon as today. |
| 1:41.8 | Number two, the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, |
| 1:46.2 | continuing to battle inflation despite concerns over the banking sector. |
| 1:50.9 | Number three, President Biden announced a major revamp of the nation's organ transplant system. |
| 1:56.9 | Number four, Ukrainian President Volodomor Zelensky visited Backmunt, the eastern city that is at the center of some of the heaviest fighting in the war. |
| 2:05.0 | Number five, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed expanding the Parental Rights and Education Act that restricts classroom instruction on gender and sexual orientation to all grades. |
| 2:30.3 | Thank you. and sexual orientation to all grades. This morning, TikTok CEO will make his first ever appearance on Capitol Hill. Today's house hearing on online safety comes as the video sharing app faces intense scrutiny, |
| 2:35.2 | with some lawmakers proposing a complete ban. |
| 2:38.0 | In prepared remarks, two plans to highlight TikTok's massive reach, |
| 2:41.7 | while also addressing concerns about safety and security, |
| 2:45.2 | saying TikTok will firewall protected U.S. user data from unauthorized foreign access |
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