KERA's Think

The Clock Ticking On TikTok


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Gen Z loves to take on a Tik Tok challenge – be it a new dance, lip sync or prank. Meanwhile, their parents’ generation worries the app might actually be a trojan horse from China. Michael Schuman is a contributing writer to The Atlantic and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how a seemingly harmless app has hit a nerve with American cybersecurity experts and provided yet another sticking point in U.S.-China relations. His recent article in The Atlantic is headlined “Why America Is Afraid of TikTok.”
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