What Next TBD: Why Ban TikTok?

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🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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TikTok was banned on government agency devices in December; several schools and universities have banned it on their devices and wifi networks, and the governor of Texas unveiled a plan to ban it in the state. Can “Project Texas” stem the anti-TikTok tide? And would banning the app actually achieve…anything? Guest: Louise Matsakis, reporter for Semafor covering tech and China 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.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers. We were liars. New series, watch now, only on
0:28.9	Prime Video.
0:36.5	About 10 days ago, TikTok invited a group of reporters to visit the company's office in
0:42.1	L.A. It was part of a corporate charm offensive, an attempt to push back on the various
0:48.4	TikTok bands that have popped up all over the country, from state universities to Congress.
0:53.8	The implicit message was, hey, come see what
0:57.1	we're up to. We are totally not a national security threat. So I went there, you know,
1:02.4	kind of met some executives, and then we walked over about 10 minutes to this transparency
1:08.5	and accountability center nearby.
1:15.0	Louise Matzakis, who covers tech and China for Semaphore,
1:16.7	was one of the journalists on the tour.
1:20.2	It was sort of like an app museum almost.
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