Is TikTok a Threat to Public Health?

Is TikTok a threat to public health? That was one of Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s (IL-08) concerns when he co-sponsored the bill that forces ByteDance to divest the social media app. 

Representative Krishnamoorthi is with us today to share his take.

TOPICS
(:46) The importance of separating TikTok from Bytedance

(1:21) TikTok's content and public health concerns 

(5:12) Legislation to address foreign control of media outlets 

(8:31) TikTok's influence campaign and concerns 

(9:44) Public health concerns and foreign adversary control 

(14:48) Future steps in addressing digital privacy and public health 

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🎙️⚕️ABOUT RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was elected to Congress in 2016 and is now in his fourth term representing Illinois’ 8th District, which includes Chicago’s west and northwest suburbs as well as the 41st ward of the city. He serves as Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, making him the first South Asian American in history to lead a Congressional Committee.

He also serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability as a member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs. The Congressman is a Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus and Co-Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Immigration Task Force. In addition, he is the founder and Chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic and the bipartisan Solar Caucus.

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