Revisiting How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty Using Your Data
Deep Dish on Global Affairs · Aynne Kokas, Brian Hanson
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Show Notes
Today, TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress in light of the Biden administration's threat to ban the social media app over concerns that it poses a threat to national security. On Deep Dish, we're revisiting our conversation with author Aynne Kokas who explains why China has been so effective at collecting and "trafficking" the data of citizens, and how this data could give them a geopolitical advantage. Plus, we hear from data privacy attorneys on the state of regulation protecting user data.
[This episode originally aired: December 15, 2022]
Related Content:
Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty, Aynne Kokas, Oxford University Press, November 1, 2022
Opinion: Why the U.S. will probably never ban TikTok, Aynne Kokas, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2023
TikTok CEO Testifies at House Commerce Committee, C-SPAN3, March 23, 2023