<p>President Biden has just signed a law that says TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance has nine months to sell the app or it will be blocked in the US.
We hear what TikTok users in the US think about the ban - and how it would affect them.
Liv McMahon from the BBC tech team explains why the US government has done this, how TikTok has responded - and why it won ... Show More
Mar 27
The verdict’s in…is social media about to change forever?
A 20 year old woman in the US has successfully sued Meta and YouTube over her childhood addiction to social media, winning $6million in damages. Jurors found that Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and Google, owner of YouTube, intentionally built addictive social ... Show More
10m 33s
Mar 25
How the Iran war is impacting other places like Dubai
The war in Iran isn't just affecting people in countries directly involved in the conflict. It has driven up oil prices around the world, impacting the lives of people from the Philippines and India to Nigeria. Nick Marsh, our Asia business correspondent, explains how some govern ... Show More
11m 57s
Apr 2024
The Secret Push That Could Ban TikTok
<p>American lawmakers have tried for years to ban TikTok, concerned that the video app’s links to China pose a national security risk.</p><p>Sapna Maheshwari, a technology reporter for The Times, explains the behind-the-scenes push to rein in TikTok and discusses what a ban could ... Show More
25m 35s
Mar 2024
Are we really about to ban TikTok?
The Verge 's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the US House of Representatives passing a bill that could ban TikTok, the streaming news of the week, a Dyson robot, and more. Further reading: Lawmakers introduce bill that would punish app stores for hosting TikTok ... Show More
1h 39m
Mar 2023
Mr. TikTok goes to Washington
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TikTok is on Capitol Hill today. Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of the popular social media app, testified in front of Congress about the company’s data security practices and its relationship with the Chinese government ... Show More
26m 20s