Sensemaker Live: Who’s afraid of TikTok?

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Is it really a Trojan horse for Chinese government data theft? If so why can’t the US or UK governments make up their minds about whether to ban it or make peace with it? All most people know about TikTok is that it is a phenomenally popular video sharing app for teenage influencers and dancers.

This Friday lunchtime we’ll try to work out how a social media platform doubled up as a platform for a superpower cyber showdown.

Editor: Alexi Mostrous, Editor and Partner, Tortoise

Sensemaker Live is in partnership with Santander.

Our invited experts include:

Eliot Bendinelli, is responsible for Privacy International’s technical research on data exploitation and leads our work on AdTech and public engagement.

Scott Schober, President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, cybersecurity author and commentator.

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