Much Ado About TikTok

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The effort to ban TikTok in the US is back in the spotlight as a new bill has passed through the House and is now in the Senate. Today, we have a lively debate with two guests who bring competing analysis to the table. Alex Stamos is Chief Trust Officer at SentinelOne and the former Chief Information Security Officer at Facebook (he can often be heard on Moderated Content). Taylor Lorenz is a columnist at the Washington Post covering technology and culture and hosts the new VoxMedia podcast, Power User. Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find us on social media. We’re on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:03.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:07.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,
0:11.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:13.7	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:18.4	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:21.3	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:25.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
0:31.2	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:33.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:37.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what do you look like, your credit score,
0:41.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:44.1	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:48.8	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:52.0	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:55.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. Hi everyone from New York magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:16.0	This is on with Kara Swisher and I'm Kara Swisher. A Tik-Toc band has been a hot
1:20.7	topic for years now.
1:22.6	I wrote about the potential dangers of the popular app in July of 2020 in the New York Times,
1:27.8	and Axel Springer's CEO Mateus Doffner made news and made heads nod when we interviewed him at the Code Conference and he called for an all-out ban.
1:36.7	Yet recently, the effort seems to have gained momentum.
1:40.0	The House voted to force a divestiture of the company earlier this month, a bill that will have a harder time in the Senate.
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