The Battle to Ban TikTok in the US

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The Battle to Ban TikTok in the US
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US Senator Mark Warner discusses the RESTRICT Act, a framework for dealing with foreign technology from adversarial nations that threaten national security, including TikTok. He believes any ban must be rules-based and transparent, and that the US is shifting away from a single global tech ecosystem towards a future where national borders decide who uses what app. Warner acknowledges the shift away from techno-optimism and towards a more nationalized tech industry, but hopes that non-authoritarian regimes can bind together to compete with China's dominance in technological domains.

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