Was the TikTok face-off 'security theater'?

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

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🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

After weeks of uncertainty following President Donald Trump's executive order on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app that has stolen the hearts — if not the data — of millions of teens has found an American partner: Oracle. But will it make Americans' data any safer? POLITICO Magazine contributing editor Zachary Karabell and Scott Bland explore Trump's TikTok fight — and whether it's really a form of "national security theater." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Tchch, Tic-Toc.
0:37.0	All right.
0:38.0	It seems pretty straightforward so far.
0:41.0	We've got a little...
0:42.0	Oh no, it's a potato.
0:43.1	Are they gonna go with this? Oh my God what? This is a most disturbing thing I've ever seen in my life.
0:57.0	Here we go.
0:59.0	I'm Scott Bland.
1:02.0	This is nerd cast. And today... I'm Scott Bland, this is Nurdcast, and today, Tic-Toc.
1:05.0	Zachary Parabel does all sorts of things.
1:12.0	Introduce yourself.
1:13.0	Tell us who you are and what you do.
1:17.0	That's a seemingly simple question that I don't have a seemingly simple answer to.
1:22.0	Excellent, excellent.
1:23.0	I'm a writer, I'm a commentator, I'm an investor, I'm an historian, I used to work in
1:31.1	financial services, I've written a bunch of books including one coming out in the spring of next year on Americans and money.
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