What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Wait, TikTok Has a Sister App?

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

While TikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, is fighting to keep its flagship app from being banned in the United States, it’s also pushing a new app into the marketplace—Lemon8. One part Pinterest, one part Instagram and a dash of its sister app, Lemon8 is most likely saddled with the same security concerns that led lawmakers to consider banning TikTok.

Guest: Sapna Maheshwari, business reporter for the New York Times.

Host: Lizzie O’Leary

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0:00.0	Oh, Mackie Dees, give us a fry.
0:02.7	Help yourself.
0:03.7	Wait, what?
0:04.7	I've won, Dad.
0:05.7	They were free.
0:06.7	Free fries, huh?
0:07.7	Signed up for rewards on them at Donald's app.
0:09.2	But Donald's have a reward scoop.
0:10.7	Yes, and a nap is a thing you get on your phone when you don't want to be.
0:13.7	Okay, thank you.
0:14.7	I'm having another one for that.
0:16.3	My McDonald's rewards.
0:17.8	Sign up on the McDonald's app and get free fries and a thousand points when you place
0:21.2	your first order.
0:22.7	18 plus.
0:24.3	Only via app are participating restaurants, registered by the 16th of August and order
0:27.5	within 14 days minimum spend required to supply.
0:34.5	My name is Nigel Monique and I do everything.
0:39.7	Nigel's a lifestyle content creator.
0:41.9	She does digital marketing and event planning and hosts her own podcast.
0:46.1	She's 32, lives in Atlanta.
0:48.1	And recently, she was scrolling on TikTok and came across a woman talking about a different
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