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.

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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

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