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TikTok restores teen's viral video

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4221 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Chinese-owned platform is forced to back down after removing a US teenager's viral video highlighting China's treatment of Uighur Muslims. Plus, we chat to Kenyan startup Kwara, which is trying to stop people without access to bank lending falling into the hands of loan sharks. And the charity Scope reveals that many websites and apps remain inaccessible to people with disabilities. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC Online tech correspondent Mark Ward, and special guest Alison Griswold, tech reporter at Quartz.

(Image: US teenager Feroza Aziz whose viral video was removed and then reinstated by TikTok, Credit: BBC).

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Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to all the hottest news and trends in the

0:53.2

technology world.

1:01.7

I'm Rory Catalan Jones, and this week is TikTok censoring videos critical of China's treatment of Muslims.

1:04.8

Absolutely not, says the Chinese-owned company.

1:09.7

But an American teenager behind a viral video tells us she doesn't believe them.

1:12.5

We hear from a startup in Kenya helping people around the world to avoid the loan sharks. And how good are today's apps and websites

1:17.9

at making sure they can be used by everyone? Not good enough, according to people with disabilities.

1:24.4

Joining me this week is BBC Technology correspondent Mark Ward. Hi Mark. Hello, Rory.

1:28.9

How's your week being? Pretty quiet. Pretty quiet. We'll try to keep it that way. Thank you.

1:32.9

And my special guest is Alison Griswold. Tech reporter at the online magazine Quartz News. Welcome, Alison.

1:40.7

Thank you. How's your week been? It's been great. But you've missed Thanksgiving.

1:44.5

I did.

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