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Was the TikTok face-off 'security theater'?
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Sep 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
After weeks of uncertainty following President Donald Trump's executive
order on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app that has stolen the hearts
— if not the data — of millions of teens has found an American partner:
Oracle. But will it make Americans' data any safer? POLITICO Magazine
contributing editor Zachary Karabell and Scott Bland explore Trump's
TikTok fight — and whether it's really a form of "national security
theater."
order on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app that has stolen the hearts
— if not the data — of millions of teens has found an American partner:
Oracle. But will it make Americans' data any safer? POLITICO Magazine
contributing editor Zachary Karabell and Scott Bland explore Trump's
TikTok fight — and whether it's really a form of "national security
theater."
Released:
Sep 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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