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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Worker Unrest Is the Newest Threat to the Chip Industry

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea are on indefinite strike and U.S. unions at several chip plants are gearing up to organize as semiconductors enjoy growth. WSJ reporter Jiyoung Sohn joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the impact of organized labor on the chip industry. Plus, the U.S. government says TikTok collected data from users on sensitive topics as it defends a new law requiring the sale or ban of the popular app. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Tech News briefing it's Tuesday July 30th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:36.8

The Justice Department says Tik-Tok collected data about its US users views on gun control, abortion, and religion.

0:45.0

We'll tell you about the government's claims and where things stand in the legal battle

0:49.3

over Tik-Tok's potential ban or sale in the US.

0:53.0

And then, most of the world's semiconductor hubs

0:56.0

have been union-free in recent decades.

0:59.0

That has begun to change.

1:01.0

We'll tell you about striking Samsung electronics workers in South Korea and

1:06.1

union organizing efforts at chipmakers in the U.S. But first, Tik-Tock is suing the US government over a new law requiring a

1:18.0

sale or ban of the popular social media app. It says the law violates free speech. The government says

1:25.6

Tic- Talk through its China-based parent company bite dance poses a threat to

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national security. Last week the DOJ said in court filings that

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