Special Edition: TikTok Influencer's Take + Analyzing a Deal
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
For a second week in a row: the Chinese-owned social media app, TikTok, faces a possible ban in the U.S., starting midnight on Sunday.
President Trump says the app poses a national security risk without an agreement with American companies, but the Chinese government may not be on board with the deal currently in-the-works.
Today, you'll hear from two people: a TikTok influencer who relies on the app to make a living, as well as a cybersecurity expert who helps analyze what, if anything, a possible deal with American companies could change for data security.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, September 26th. |
| 0:02.0 | Welcome to our weekend episode of the newsworthy called Special Edition Saturday. |
| 0:06.0 | For a second weekend in a row, the Chinese-owned social media app, Tic-Toc, |
| 0:10.0 | faces a possible ban in the US starting Sunday. |
| 0:13.0 | President Trump says the app poses a national security risk |
| 0:16.1 | without American oversight. |
| 0:17.8 | President Trump has said he would sign off on a deal |
| 0:19.8 | in the works with Software Giant Oracle and Walmart |
| 0:22.2 | to prevent a ban, |
| 0:23.0 | yet the Chinese government is calling the deal dirty and unfair |
| 0:26.0 | and may not give its blessing. |
| 0:29.0 | At last check, it's unclear what will happen next. |
| 0:31.0 | So today you'll hear from two people. First |
| 0:33.8 | Tik-Tok influencer James Henry. He first got on the app when it was still |
| 0:37.9 | called Musically and now he makes most of his living because of his millions of |
| 0:41.8 | Tik-Toc followers. |
| 0:43.2 | His videos have been featured on places like the Ellen DeGeneres show, and he's collaborated |
| 0:47.2 | with celebrities like Mariah Carey. |
| 0:49.4 | So how does he feel about a possible ban or a deal? Then cybersecurity expert Joseph Carson helps us analyze the possible agreement |
| 0:56.5 | and what difference, if any, it could make for data and national security. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a |
| 1:05.9 | different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
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