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The TikTok ban, explained

Post Reports

The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Tech reporter Rachel Lerman on why President Trump wants to ban TikTok, and what a ban could mean for users and employees in the United States. Emily Rauhala explains what the pandemic means for international students in America. Plus, Lauren Lumpkin on what it feels like to start college remotely. 

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0:00.0

From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

0:05.0

Hi, good afternoon. This is Tulu, Aurora, Niko with the Washington Post.

0:09.0

Hi, this is Amy Britton calling me the post.

0:11.0

This is Peter J. Listen from the Washington.

0:13.0

This is Post Reports. I'm Martin Powers.

0:18.0

It's Tuesday, September 1st.

0:22.0

Today, why the president wants to ban TikTok?

0:26.0

What the pandemic means for international students.

0:29.0

And a dispatch from a college freshman.

0:31.0

TikTok is like a short form video app.

0:39.0

Typically, videos are between like 15 and 60 seconds long.

0:44.0

And at this point with how the app is evolving,

0:47.0

I really do think that there's a place for everybody on the app.

0:51.0

My name is Bria Jones.

0:53.0

I am, Hey, Bria Jones online.

0:55.0

And right now on TikTok, I have about 315,000 followers.

1:04.0

We're looking at TikTok. We may be banning TikTok.

1:07.0

We may be doing some other things or a couple of options.

1:11.0

But a lot of things are happening.

1:13.0

So we'll see what happens.

1:14.0

But we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to TikTok.

1:19.0

It's of course a scary thought to think about that.

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