Why Banning TikTok Might Backfire. Plus, a History of Book-Banning Moms

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Recently, the House passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless the app’s Chinese owners divest. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the bill will likely fail to live up to its promise. Plus, a pulse-check on the book-banning movement, and a look into the larger mission behind Moms for Liberty.

1. Julia Angwin [@JuliaAngwin], opinion writer for The New York Time and founder of the new outlet Proof News, on why this TikTok legislation won't do what lawmakers claim it will. Listen.

2. Adam Laats [@AdamLaats], professor of education and history at Binghamton University, on the long history leading to Moms For Liberty. Listen.

3. Jennifer Berkshire [@BisforBerkshire], lecturer at Yale’s Education Studies Department, on why Moms for Liberty election losses are not a reason to ignore the group's power. Listen.

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0:00.0	The House passed a bill that could ban Tik-Tok in the US unless it separates from its Chinese parent company.
0:07.0	Why in the hell would we want and allow the Chinese Communist Party to have access to our private data.
0:14.5	A moment of unity in an era of dysfunction and discord.
0:19.5	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:22.3	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:23.4	And I'm Michael Lohanger.
0:25.0	Fears around Tik-Tok abound,
0:27.1	but would forcing a sale really protect our data?
0:30.4	The reality is that Tik-Tok, as far as most people can tell collects pretty much the same types of data that every other app on your phone collects
0:37.5	Also on the show after failing to gain any seats in the last midterm The press all but sounded the death knell for
0:44.9	the book banning group Moms for Liberty. But Moms for Liberty is really part of a broader
0:50.6	ecosystem that's aimed at sewing distrust in our public schools.
0:56.0	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone and I'm Michael Lelinger
1:06.1	Well, they finally did it sort of
1:09.2	The House has voted to pass a bipartisan bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of Tik-Tok.
1:14.8	If the bill becomes law, it would give Tik-Tok's Chinese-based parent company, Bite Dance,
1:19.5	six months to sell the video sharing app or it would be removed from app stores and
1:24.8	web hosting services here in the US. Members of Congress on both sides of the
1:28.6	aisle worry that Tik-Toc poses a national security threat because it's owned by a company based in China.
1:35.0	You wouldn't allow a radio tower owned by the Chinese to be put up right in the middle of Washington,
1:40.3	D.C. and then allow it to just put out Chinese propaganda.
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