TikTok on the Clock: Data, Deals, and National Security

As the deadline approaches for Beijing-based social media platform TikTok to finalize a deal allowing its U.S. operations to continue, panelists discuss the rise of TikTok and other foreign-owned mobile apps, the relationship between data collection and U.S. national security, and the regulatory and legal implications of such deals. Speakers Sarah Bauerle Danzman Assistant Professor of International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington; CFR Term Member Kara Frederick Fellow, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security Frederick Tsai Vice President, Global Customer Success, Liferay; CFR Term Member Presider R. David Edelman Internet Policy Research Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of…