One other week, one other concerted effort to ban TikTok within the US – besides this time, it might really occur. On this episode, Cherlynn and Devindra chat with Engadget Senior Editor Karissa Bell across the newest TikTok drama. The Home handed a invoice that would finally ban the corporate if ByteDance doesn’t promote it off inside six months. It might face a harder combat within the Senate, but when it’s authorised there President Biden has mentioned he’s keen to signal it into legislation.
Is that this a justified combat in opposition to the Chinese language-owned social media firm, or is it the sum of our political fears in opposition to all issues China? (Possibly it’s a little bit of each?) We talk about why this potential ban could possibly be an enormous civil rights violation, in addition to the necessity for true information privateness legal guidelines within the US, which might apply to all social networks.
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U.S. Home passes invoice that might give Bytedance 6 months to promote TikTok – 0:47
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Microsoft’s Floor and AI occasion preview – 17:04
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Apple will permit EU customers to obtain some apps from web sites – 27:38
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5 Tesla execs earned $2.5B over the past 5 years whereas the corporate paid no earnings tax – 34:53
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Round Engadget – 44:57
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Engaged on – 48:31
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Popular culture picks – 50:17
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Credit
Hosts: Cherlynn Low and Devindra Hardawar
Visitor: Karissa Bell
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien
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