Special Edition: Is TikTok Really a Threat?
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2020
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Today's "Special Edition Saturday" is all about the popular, and now controversial, video app: TikTok.
As the president plans a ban on the Chinese-owned app because of national security concerns, we're asking two different mobile security experts if TikTok is truly a threat.
Then, be sure to tune-in again each weekday (M-F) for our regular episodes to get quick, unbiased news roundups in 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, August 8th. |
| 0:01.7 | Welcome to our weekend episode of the newsworthy |
| 0:03.8 | called Special Edition Saturday. |
| 0:05.6 | Today we're talking about Tik-Toc and asking, |
| 0:08.0 | does it really pose a risk to US national security |
| 0:10.6 | and our privacy? |
| 0:11.8 | Remember, President Trump just issued two executive orders |
| 0:14.4 | this week banning any US transactions with Tik-Toc's Chinese parent company by Dance |
| 0:19.2 | citing national security concerns. That is, if an American company, |
| 0:23.2 | like Microsoft, for example, |
| 0:24.9 | does not buy it before September 20th. |
| 0:27.6 | Now, keep in mind, Tik-Tok |
| 0:28.5 | has been one of the fastest growing social media |
| 0:30.6 | apps with a reported 100 million users just in the US. |
| 0:34.4 | So in today's episode I talk with two different experts from two different mobile security |
| 0:38.0 | firms for their take on Tik-Tok. |
| 0:40.2 | And you'll notice today's interview sounds a little bit different. |
| 0:42.6 | I'll be walking you through each expert's opinion and switching between them. |
| 0:46.0 | So let's get into it. |
| 0:49.4 | Welcome, welcome! |
| 0:50.3 | To The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, |
| 0:52.6 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity |
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