Congress is debating the future of TikTok, the hugely popular video app owned by a Chinese company called ByteDance. TikTok’s detractors suggest that while you watch, the app may be watching you too… vacuuming up data from user’s devices, which can then be handed to the Chinese government.

 

Caitlin Chin, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins Ray Suarez to explain the hubbub. She suggests the calls to ban Tiktok aren’t really about data privacy: they’re about China.

 

Guest:

 

Caitlin Chin, Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

 

Host:

 

Ray Suarez, host of On Shifting Ground

 

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