How scared should the West be of TikTok?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Even if you aren’t on Tiktok, you’ll know one of its billion plus monthly users. But how many of them know how their data is being collected, by whom, and why? The US is now proposing to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform over its links to the Chinese Communist Party. Chris Jones asks leading tech journalist Will Guyatt whether this is all just a form of political warfare against China – or if we really should worry about TikTok. • “The idea that TikTok is in whole owned by the Chinese Communist Party isn’t true. It’s a complex system of ownership spread across the world, including the U.S. and the Cayman Islands.” • “There are rabid inconsistencies. Joe Biden is saying he’ll support the act to ban TikTok, and using it as a part of his campaign.” • “Is this about fears over information gathering or is this purely geopolitical? Or a bigger feeling that we shouldn’t do anything to benefit China?” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Chris Jones. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson and artwork by James Parrett. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:27.0	do you actually read the small print?
1:29.0	Do you know what data is collected and how?
1:32.0	And most importantly, do you know where that data could end up?
1:37.4	These questions are the basis of a recent US bill that proposes to ban the Chinese owned platform, TikTok. Is this
1:45.8	concern justified? Should we be terrified of Tik-Tok? Or is all of this just a form of
1:51.0	political warfare against China.
1:53.2	Well, Will Geier is one of the UK's leading journalists when it comes to explaining
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