TikTok: Should we be scared? | Cindy Yu | The TikTok uprising
67Cindy Yu delves in to what's going on behind TikTok.
Should we be more worried about Chinese government censorship or the power of Big Tech more broadly?
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TikTok has gone beyond media platforms into wider culture, online censorship and even mass behaviour change. The US and UK moved to ban it. Join China expert and host of the Chinese whispers podcast, Cindy Yu, to chart how TikTok stole our attention, and how it could be a major player for China on the global political stage.
#tiktok #censorship #socialmedia
Cindy Yu is a China reporter and broadcast editor at the Spectator. She has written extensively about Chinese society – from marriage to education – and politics for the Spectator. She is a frequent commentator on China issues for RTE and BBC World Service and World TV.
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