TikTok data security, the Chinese surveillance state, Amazon running out of warehouse workers | E1490

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Today we kick it off with a discussion of BuzzFeed’s reporting on TikTok, and we debate if there are real risks to worry about here (2:04). Then, we discuss Amazon forecasting it will run out of workers in some of the cities it operates in (37:16). Finally, we talk about some of the ways we are reducing our consumption (43:55).

(0:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s topics!
(2:04) TikTok: BuzzFeed News investigation revealed 8 internal TikTok meetings showing that US data has been repeatedly accessed from China
(11:40) Odoo - Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist
(12:52) Hot Takes: should the US ban TikTok?
(19:51) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(21:04) NYT suggests the Chinese government is investing massively in surveillance
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(37:16) Amazon leaked memo from 2021 said the company was in danger of running out of people to hire in warehouses by 2024
(43:55) Ways Jason and Molly are reducing their consumption
(51:10) Coming up later this week

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's Wednesday on This Weekend Startups.
0:03.0	That's right. Today we're going to kick it off with a discussion about TikTok and surveillance.
0:07.5	Molly and I get into a bit of a debate about the risks and what we should be worrying about.
0:11.4	And I have a message for employees of TikTok here in the US.
0:15.6	He does. It's a little bit spicy. And then we're going to talk about labor.
0:19.9	And apparently, Amazon is forecasting will run out of workers in some of the cities it operates in.
0:25.0	We're going to talk about reasons and solutions like we do.
0:27.9	We talk a little bit about our addiction and then lowering our carbon
0:30.8	prints and our consumption footprints and this whole new genre of startups that are doing.
0:36.2	What is it called? Circularity. Circularity. It's not the singularity. It's a
0:41.0	circularity. It's really an interesting concept. It's like an okay boomer segment with Molly
0:45.5	explaining this stuff to me. It's going to be a great show. Let's stick with this.
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1:15.1	That's odo.com slash twist. Coda. Coda is the all-in-one doc for teams.
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1:29.0	Coda is the doc that brings it all together. Startups can get a $1,000 credit at coda.io slash twist.
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