Revisit Felix and Mihir’s discussion about TikTok bans and why sports have become so valuable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Felix here.
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Okay, Felix, you've been following this hesitancy around TikTok, but now actually some outright bans of TikTok in India.
And for people who use US government phones, what are your thoughts on what's happening with TikTok and why has this struck you as an especially interesting story to start 2023?
Well, of course, if I'm totally honest, I will say I'm mostly worried about myself because I'm such an enthusiastic user of TikTok.
But then, of course, it poses really all kinds of interesting issues.
The first one has to do with sharing data across national borders.
You might remember this was such a big issue when EU privacy legislation first came along.
Companies had to adopt in all kinds of ways to make sure that they were in compliance.
And then more lately, there's sort of this security twist.
Any data that China can touch now seem very problematic to a group of lawmakers.
Just a week ago, Brendan Carr, the leading Republican representative on the fcc, he said that India created the blueprint.
You just cannot allow apps like TikTok to operate.
And the argument is basically that one way or another, the Chinese government will be able to get access to U.S.
data, will be able to observe what U.S.
users do on the app.
And that is, at least in some circles, deemed irresponsible, deemed dangerous.