Farewell TikTok? Plus, the Role of Memory and Forgetting with the L.A. Wildfires

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Supreme Court upholds the TikTok ban; and the precedent for L.A. wildfires.

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0:00.0	On Friday, the Supreme Court said yes to the TikTok ban.
0:03.9	This is essentially a case that pits free speech rights, both of TikTok and of the 170 million
0:09.1	Americans who use it, against the government's national security concerns.
0:13.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Michael Onger. On this week's show, American
0:18.6	TikTokers are hoping for a last-minute reprieve ahead of the ban on Sunday.
0:23.7	But maybe they need the app more than the app needs them.
0:27.5	When TikTok was banned in India, in 2020, there were 200 million Indian users on there.
0:33.1	Almost double the amount of Americans on it.
0:35.2	This is not their first rodeo.
0:36.7	Plus, a tried and true antidote to the shock of seeing Los Angeles in flames.
0:42.3	Memory is the ability to see change is equipment for addressing the crises of our times.
0:48.3	If you are completely surprised, then essentially you'll have no equipment for understanding no context.
0:55.8	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:03.5	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:04.8	And I'm Michael Onger.
1:06.2	Just as I sat down to record this introduction on Friday, there was breaking news.
1:11.2	This decision is just in from the Supreme Court, the court upholding the federal law that
1:17.1	bans TikTok in just two days.
1:19.5	But earlier this week, two presidents, the outgoing one and the incoming one, released
1:24.9	dueling promises to save the app.
1:28.0	The Biden administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.
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