April 10, 2023

On this week’s episode, Stroock Partner Tom Firestone talks to Bloomberg reporter Anna Edgerton, who specializes in tech and national security issues, and recently covered the congressional hearing on TikTok.

Tom and Anna discuss these and other questions:

• What is the relationship between TikTok, ByteDance, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?
• Does TikTok pose a threat to U.S. national security? If so, how serious is the threat?
• What is “Project Texas”? Is it sufficient to protect users’ personal data?
• What are the main proposals on the Hill to ban TikTok and how likely are they to succeed?

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