TikTok deal with Canada leaves critical gaps in ownership, data movement and security safeguards
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Nearly every major American social media platform is ruled by a single founder with near-total control, thanks to a relatively new corporate share structure.
A digital media scholar and longtime RedNote user gives a firsthand account of US and Chinese social media users interacting on the app.
Canadians are told that they’re free to use the products of a company that has been publicly shamed and accused of representing a serious national security threat. What should the public take away?
It’s neither practical nor helpful to keep children and teens off the internet in a hyper-connected, digital world.
The law forcing TikTok to be sold or banned is meant to protect Americans from Chinese government influence and privacy intrusions. But does it undermine a bedrock American principle?
TikTok has become an integral part of social media culture in Kenya, offering a space for creativity, entertainment and community interaction.
The temporary boycott led to the removal of music from artists including Harry Styles Adele, Billie Eilish, Drake, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West.
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
Many Democrats fear that banning TikTok would lose them votes from young people.
TikTok has come into the spotlight after the US. congress proposed a bill to force it's sale away from Chinese owned company ByteDance. To discuss this we're joined by Cyber expert Lesley Seebeck.
About 26 per cent of Canadians use TikTok. Regulating the app in Canada might be a better approach to avoiding external political influence.
Proposed U.S. legislation banning TikTok and the recently revealed Canadian national security review of the app reveals the insincerity and hypocrisy of politicians.
In China, ‘private’ businesses aren’t entirely private and the ultimate boss is the CCP, not the CEO.
Montana has announced plans to ban the app from January 2024, making it a potential testing ground for a ‘TikTok-free’ America.
As social media becomes more prevalent in our lives, a career as an influencer may seem enticing. But those interested in this new career should be aware of the challenges.
@Michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss the RBA's decision on interest rates, the Aston byelection result, the passing of First Nations leader Yunupingu, and TikTok bans
The platform has already faced bans in a number of other countries – most of them citing privacy and surveillance concerns.
What data privacy risk does TikTok pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law and Technology, Georgetown University
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Literature lecturer, Kenyatta University
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Lecturer, Media & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University
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PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Eminent Scholar and Professor of International Business, Old Dominion University
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Dean of Kinesiology, University of New Brunswick; University of Windsor
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PhD Candidate, Department of Kinesiology; Epidemiogist at Henry Ford Health, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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