Trump Targets TikTok, NRA Corruption Lawsuit & 'A League of Their Own' Reboot- Friday, August 7th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, August 7th, 2020!
We're covering:
- President Trump's formal action that could effectively ban WeChat and TikTok
- what could save them both
- why the New York attorney general is gunning for the NRA
- how the influential gun-rights organization is fighting back
- how many NFL players are opting out this season
- why hundreds of thousands of people are getting together in South Dakota
- the iconic movie from the '90s getting a reboot
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Trump Bans ByteDance Business: NBC News, The Verge, WaPo, USA Today
U.S. Lifts Global Travel Advisory: CNN, AP, Reuters, USA Today
How the U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak Compares: NPR, Newsweek, CNN, Johns Hopkins
WHO Chief on "Vaccine Nationalism": NBC News, Al Jazeera, Reuters
NY AG Aims to Dissolve NRA: NY Times, NBC News, FOX News, Reuters, AP
NOAA Hurricane Season Outlook: NY Times, CNN, Axios, WaPo
66 Players Opt Out of NFL Season: AP, ESPN, CBS Sports
Sturgis Rally Begins: CNN, NY Times, WaPo, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Twitter Labels Government Accounts: Engadget, BBC USA Today, Twitter
'E! News' Canceled: CNN, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Instagram
'A League of Their Own' Reboot: Variety, Bustle
'Mulan' Skips Theaters: Vox, WSJ
Feel Good Friday - 96-Year Old Graduates: Reuters, NY Times, People
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, August 7th. |
| 0:01.6 | We're covering President Trump's formal action that could effectively ban |
| 0:04.6 | Wii chat and Tik-Toc and will tell you what could save them both. |
| 0:08.0 | Also why the New York Attorney General is gunning for the NRA |
| 0:10.9 | and how the influential gun rights organization is fighting back. |
| 0:14.0 | Plus the numbers are in how many NFL players are opting out this season. |
| 0:18.0 | Why hundreds of thousands of people are getting together in South Dakota |
| 0:21.0 | and the iconic movie from the 90s getting a reboot. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You |
| 0:36.2 | ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:38.4 | President Trump's threat to ban Tik-Tok is now a formal order. |
| 0:45.0 | Trump signed two new executive orders to ban U.S. companies from working with the Chinese |
| 0:48.9 | parent companies for both the popular video sharing app Tik-Toc and the messaging app we chat. |
| 0:54.0 | The ban will go into effect September 20th if an American company does not buy the apps first. |
| 0:59.8 | The president cited national security concerns for the sweeping new restrictions. |
| 1:04.0 | Both apps are owned by Chinese companies and tensions between the US and China have continued to escalate. |
| 1:10.0 | Trump argues the apps give the Chinese Communist Party too much access to Americans' data |
| 1:14.8 | and the ability to run disinformation campaigns in the US. |
| 1:18.6 | Still, Tik-Toc has insisted that is not the case and that data is not even stored in China. |
| 1:24.0 | To be clear, cybersecurity experts have said it's tough to know for sure. |
| 1:28.0 | One social media professor told USA Today, |
| 1:30.0 | if the Chinese government were to request Americans data from Tik-Tock, the parent company, |
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