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Mar 2024
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Is a US bill to ban TikTok a step down a...

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A potential US TikTok ban is edging closer into becoming law. The House of Representatives passed a bill that would effectively ban the app, citing national security concerns. If the bill makes it through the Senate, President Joe Biden has indicated he would sign it into law. But protesting TikTok users say targeting one app also targets freedom of information and creators’ livelihoods.

In this episode: 

  • Alexander Howard (@digiphile), Author & Analyst of Digital Government Issues 
  • Callie Goodwin (@CallieGoodwin), Founder of Sparks of Joy Co

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei and Amy Walters with our host Malika Bilal. Chloe K Li and Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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