TikTok Take Down In Congress Crosshairs Again

Caitlin Chin, Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS

11-Mar-24 07:30

TikTok Take Down In Congress Crosshairs Again

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The fate of TikTok in the US is once again in question, with the US House of Representatives set to vote this week on a bill that will force its parent company, China-owned ByteDance to divest from TikTok or face a US ban. We discuss the implications of this bill with Caitlin Chin, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

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Produced by: Chin Wai Lun

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: technology, government, politics, international

Tags: us tiktok ban, bytedance,

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