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TikTok The Scapegoat In US-China Geopolitics?

Caitlin Chin, Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS

24-Mar-23 07:30

TikTok The Scapegoat In US-China Geopolitics?

TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, entered the lion’s den of the US Congress yesterday to argue against banning the app, as some lawmakers are proposing. We get the key takeaways of his testimony and what this means for the broader tech industry with Caitlin Chin of CSIS.

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