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What the TikTok Ban Reveals About US Tech Policy

On this episode of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast, Jacob Silverman on the significance of the app's status as political target.

Paris Marx

March 21, 2024

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What the TikTok Ban Reveals About US Tech Policy w/ Jacob Silverman | Tech Won’t Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the motivations behind the proposed TikTok ban and what the effort tells us about US tech policy.

Jacob Silverman is a tech journalist and the co-author of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the motivations behind the proposed TikTok ban and what the effort tells us about US tech policy.

Jacob Silverman is a tech journalist and the co-author of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud.

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Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz | Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.

Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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