Tick-Tock, TikTok: What Makes It A National Security Threat

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🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

After a series of classified national security briefings, Congress passed a law that will ban TikTok if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company. It is not clear what specific risks they're reacting to, but experts point to a widespread, if ineffectual, state-backed disinformation effort and other data-privacy concerns.

This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political correspondent Susan Davis, and disinformation correspondent Shannon Bond.

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0:43.6	I'm Tamor Keith.
0:44.4	I cover the White House.
0:45.4	I'm Susan Davis.
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0:47.2	And NPR Shannon Bond is here as well.
0:49.4	Hello, guys.
0:51.2	President Biden has signed a law intended to force the sale of Tik-Toc from its Chinese
0:56.4	owner. And if the social media platform doesn't divest from that ownership, it could be banned in the U. The bill passed as part of a national security package
1:06.6	raising the question, what Tik-Toc actually has to do with national security, which is something that you looked into, Shannon.
1:15.0	Let's start with what concerns lawmakers raised.
1:18.0	Well, we've heard a lot of general concerns, I'd say, right?
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