Is the clock ticking for TikTok in the US?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today we look at a bill which would force TikTok’s owner to sell its US arm, or face being banned in the country.

It’s driven by fears that user data is shared with the Chinese government. TikTok has called the law "unconstitutional" and says it will "challenge it in court”.

Adam speaks to BBC technology editor Zoe Kleinman, and head of social media for German broadcaster DW, Johanna Rudiger.

Plus we hear from Chris, who has been with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Sam McLaren and Gemma Roper and Natasha Mayo. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.7	Hello, a big chunk of today's episode of newscast is news about
0:08.8	Tik-Tok, particularly in the United States, which could be a very big deal indeed for the social media platform.
0:15.6	So we've decided to get Meta and make today's episode of newscast in the style of one of those viral
0:21.9	Tik-Toc videos where people do a day in their life.
0:24.8	You know the ones where there's a bit of jaunty music and people put on a sort of very dead-pan
0:28.6	voice as they do very dead-pan things.
0:30.5	Welcome to a timestamp day in the life of the 25-year year old working a full-time job in biotech and part-time
0:34.9	as an influencer in Boston.
0:36.3	Made sure I had a quick tidy up after myself and then straight into the shower followed by
0:40.0	my three steps can carry routine.
0:42.0	And that was our day in a nutshell. I hope you enjoyed it.
0:44.8	Bye. Anyway here's my version of it.
0:50.0	Come with me for a day in the life of a 44 year old podcast presenter who works in central London.
0:56.0	Got up, had a coffee, went for a run.
1:00.3	Thought about the newscast opening music.
1:02.8	newscast.
1:03.8	Newscast from the BBC.
1:05.2	Hundreds of bald men scrapping over a single broken cone.
1:09.4	He's not a leader.
1:10.6	He is a human weather vein.
1:12.3	Two cheeks of the same backside.
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