#504 - TikTok Banned in the US & Is Kaya Toast Malaysian?
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Show Notes
This week, the House of Representatives in the US passed a bill that could lead to a national TikTok ban. In response, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew made an impassioned plea to American users to tell their political leaders not to ban the app. Could this actually happen? Elsewhere, many Malaysians made a meal of a Top 100 Sandwiches in the World list that had “kaya toast” from Singapore at #42. These commentators complained that SIngapore had stolen yet another Malaysian dish; is there any truth to these claims?
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TikTok Banned in the US
- TikTok ban: How Congress could force ByteDance to sell or push the app out of the US | TechCrunch
- TikTok begs users to tell Congress not to ban it | TechCrunch
- Explainer: Potential TikTok ban in US — what's likely to happen next and what are the implications for users? - TODAY
- What to know about TikTok owner ByteDance as U.S. considers possible ban - The Washington Post
- Why a sale of TikTok would not be easy | The Seattle Times
- Bill that could ban TikTok in the US passed. Here's what to know
- US is moving closer to banning TikTok: Which countries have already blocked the Chinese app?
- TikTok execs believed Biden joining the app meant a ban was no longer an imminent threat: WSJ
- If the US bans TikTok, China will be getting a taste of its own medicine
- Why is Trump now defending TikTok in the US after trying to ban it?
Is Kaya Toast Malaysian?
- #trending: 'Singapore's kaya toast' in world's top 50 sandwiches list, Malaysians say it was 'stolen' from them
- Who Created Butter Chicken? India’s Great Curry Clash.
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Mics and Headphones from @shure
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Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak