The Truth about TikTok and China with Abbie Richards

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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What is the truth about the relationship between TikTok and the Chinese government, and would banning it help or hurt Americans? This week, TikTok misinformation researcher Abbie Richards joins Adam to bust myths and explain what the real problem with TikTok actually is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum podcast.
0:04.0	I don't know the truth.
0:08.0	I don't know the way.
0:10.0	I don't know what to think.
0:13.0	I don't know what to say.
0:16.0	Yeah, that got to go.
0:19.0	Yeah, that's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:28.0	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Conover.
0:31.0	Thank you so much for joining me once again as I talk to an amazing expert
0:35.0	about all the amazing stuff that they know that I don't know
0:38.0	and that you might not know.
0:40.0	Both of our minds are going to get blown together.
0:42.0	We're going to have a fantastic time doing it.
0:44.0	Now, you might have heard that TikTok may be getting banned in the United States.
0:49.0	If you were alive and on the internet over the past month,
0:52.0	you've probably seen the footage of US Congress people grilling the CEO of TikTok.
0:57.0	Asking questions like, does the Chinese government have access to user data?
1:01.0	Can TikTok connect to my Wi-Fi and steal my identity?
1:05.0	And who the hell is this Hank Green guy?
1:07.0	And why won't he stop teaching me science facts?
1:10.0	Okay, that last one was a joke.
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