America’s love-hate relationship with TikTok - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

US intelligence says China may use Tik Tok to interfere in the presidential election. Now Washington is debating a bill that would force the app’s Chinese owners to sell up or be banned, even as politicians like Joe Biden use TikTok as a campaign tool. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM So, how might Beijing use social media to undermine American democracy? And would selling or even banning TikTok do anything to stop it? Lyse Doucet speaks to BBC North America correspondent John Sudworth and Wired senior political writer Makena Kelly. 00:13 Introduction 01:55 TikTok's evolution 02:55 How TikTok united Republicans and Democrats 04:54 What a ban means for X and Meta 06:40 US fears over TikTok and China 08:30 US privacy regulation 09:46 Could ByteDance sell? 11:50 Could TikTok have done more? 13:14 How to check what you see online Watch more episodes of The Global Story here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvsd/episodes/downloads Thumbnail credit: Reuters ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #TikTok #usa