What Next TBD: The Case Against TikTok

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

To most of its 150 million American consumers, TikTok is a fun app. To some creators, TikTok is a job and their platform. But to members of the US government, TikTok is a national security risk. As the fight over TikTok’s future comes to Capitol Hill this week, what’s next for the embattled social media platform? Guest: Emily Baker-White, senior writer, tech reporter at Forbes Host: Lizzie O’Leary If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
0:08.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.2	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.0	We Will Liars.
0:26.2	New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:29.6	You'll get loud in that.
0:35.4	Make some noise!
0:38.3	Hello everyone. Hello, everyone.
0:40.3	Thank you to all of the media for being here today to discuss this essential issue.
0:47.3	If you were on Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon, you would have witnessed a slightly weird press conference.
0:55.8	A few congressmen, Jamal Bowman from New York, Mark Pocan from Wisconsin, and Robert Garcia
1:01.5	from California, and about 30 TikTok creators.
1:06.3	I am Grace Amaku.
1:08.9	My TikTok handle is at Grace underscore Africa,
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