The Future Of TikTok In The US
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ποΈ 20 March 2024
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Summary
And scrolling through it β you'll see everything from discussions about economics, and foreign policy to viral dance trends. Lawmakers are concerned that TikTok poses a national security threat because of who owns it β Beijing-based Bytedance.
Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher sponsored a bipartisan bill that overwhelmingly passed the house in a 352-65 vote. It calls for TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company in six months, or face a ban in the US.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law, but it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
We discuss the future of TikTok in the US.
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| 0:09.6 | Use Code NPR to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. More than one-third of all American adults use Tik-Toc. That's according to data from |
| 0:26.7 | Q Research Center published in January. Scroll through it and you'll see everything from |
| 0:31.6 | small business advertisements to discussions about |
| 0:34.4 | economics and foreign policy and of course viral dance trends. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm a savage. |
| 0:40.6 | Yeah, classic boosy, ratchy, two countries that both have McDonald's have ever fought a war against each other. |
| 0:47.0 | Not because of Big Macs, but globalization. |
| 0:50.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:51.0 | It's been a crazy week, but if you thought we were going to stop talking about Palestine, you were sadly mistaken. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm confused by this whole Israel Palestine situation. |
| 0:59.0 | Well, it's actually very simple. |
| 1:01.0 | It's St. Texas. |
| 1:02.0 | Ain't no holding. actually very simple. It's not just. But some U.S. lawmakers are concerned that Tic-Toc poses both a national security threat |
| 1:12.1 | and raises issues about privacy because who owns it, |
| 1:15.0 | the Beijing-based company, Bightance. |
| 1:17.5 | Tik-Toc is a threat to national security, |
| 1:19.5 | which is why we are trying to force Tik-Toc to separate from by dance and by extension from the Chinese Communist Party. |
| 1:26.0 | That was Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher speaking to CBS's face the nation on Sunday. |
| 1:31.0 | Last week he co-sponsored a bipartisan bill that overwhelmingly passed the House in a |
| 1:35.3 | 352-65 vote. It calls for Tik-Toc to divest from its China-based parent company in six months |
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