U.S. lawmakers vs. TikTok’s popularity

1 big thing

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🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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TikTok said it has more than 150 million monthly U.S. users. The Chinese-owned video sharing app is on the hot seat on Capitol Hill this week. As lawmakers grapple with the app’s consumer privacy and data security practices. Plus, what’s at stake with today’s Fed announcement. And, evictions return to pre-pandemic levels. Guests: Axios' Sara Fischer, Alex Fitzpatrick and Neil Irwin. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: TikTok’s size complicates U.S. ban threat TikTok bans spread globally Evictions have returned to — or exceeded — pre-pandemic levels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	It's Wednesday, March 22nd. I'm Nailibu Nu.
0:38.9	Here's what we're covering today.
0:40.4	What's at stake with today's Fed announcement?
0:43.2	Plus, evictions return to pre-pandemic levels.
0:46.4	But first, today's one big thing.
0:49.0	U.S. lawmakers versus TikTok's popularity.
0:51.9	Is TikTok too popular to ban?
0:58.8	The Chinese-owned video sharing app says it has a U.S. monthly user base
1:03.2	that's almost half the size of our total population.
1:06.4	Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will grapple with the app's data security practices later this week.
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