What a TikTok ban would mean for free speech and data privacy
Marketplace Tech
Marketplace
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🗓️ 14 March 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
On Wednesday, members of the House of Representatives proved they can agree on something. In a bipartisan vote, lawmakers passed a bill that would force TikTok to split from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban — the first for a social media app in the U.S. President Biden has signaled he’d sign the bill into law if it passes the Senate. Advocates argue that the Chinese government could use the hugely popular app to collect Americans’ personal data and threaten U.S. security. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke to Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, about the congressional action. He pointed out that a little something called the First Amendment could complicate the crackdown.
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| 0:47.0 | Hey, it's Lily Dramale. Marketplace tech has a new limited series out on YouTube called Decoding Democracy, |
| 0:52.0 | with rapid advancements in new technology like AI, |
| 0:55.0 | disinformation efforts are more convincing and more misleading than ever. |
| 1:00.0 | So we'll be discussing how to spot things like deep fakes, how to protect yourself from disinformation, |
| 1:05.6 | and how to talk to your friends and family about it. |
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