63. TikTok, the Proposed RESTRICT Act, and Data Privacy

Advancing the Agenda

English - April 12, 2023 03:22 - 10 minutes - 10 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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This episode covers:

A description of TikTok
An explanation of the proposed RESTRICT Act which is a bill in Congress purportedly designed to ban TikTok
Two (2) big issues with the RESTRICT Act: (A) the bill does not ban TikTok and (B) the bill gives great power to the Secretary of Commerce
A discussion of why the issues with TikTok are different than the issues of data privacy regarding other social media apps

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