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🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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This week, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act by an overwhelming majority. Some are saying that this bill will result in the banning of the popular social media app TikTok. But the truth is more complicated. Jake Denton, Research Associate in the Tech Policy Center at the Heritage Foundation, explains.
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1:17.6 | But for the 150 million Americans who are users of the popular social media app TikTok, |
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1:26.6 | because that's how long the average user spends on the app every day. |
1:32.3 | So it may come as a surprise that a conversation has started on Capitol Hill about limiting the reach of TikTok. |
1:39.3 | To understand just how much and what that might look like, we spoke to Jake Denton, research associate in the Tech Policy Center here at the Heritage Foundation. |
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