E9: The Cyber Security Risks of TikTok

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The Experts in Polo Shirts are discussing the issues around TikTok, the hugely popular short video app every person and their cat is rushing in to use and yet it is being banned on government and company phones; but why? We discuss the security and misinformation issues that surround the platform.
It is the fastest-growing social media platform, but today we'll be asking "is time up for TikTok?"
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0:00 Introduction
0:28 Do we use TikTok?
1:58 TikTok Security Risks
3:34 Online disinformation and Silicon Valley bank
5:48 Censorships and suspensions
7:30 Cyber Security and data collection
10:55 The “Troll Factory”
12:20 Steven Bartlett’s fake footballer Pitch deck
13:20 TikTok as a search engine
14:27 Does google control online information?
16:39 TikTok, ad products and info collection
19:30 TikTok short-form content and how it affects other social media apps
20:35 TikTok online shop and commissions
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Want to watch the video version of the podcast, follow the link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJkcn9XyF2Y
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Useful links:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/navarro-on-tiktok-all-the-data-goes-right-to-servers-in-china
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/02/google-abandoned-its-dont-be-evil-mantra-former-exec-says.html
https://512.soccer/the-day-arsenal-signed-rex-secco/
https://metro.co.uk/2015/09/07/the-truth-behind-rex-seccos-34million-transfer-move-to-arsenal-5380023/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/16/the-tiktok-wars-why-the-us-and-china-are-feuding-over-the-app#:~:text=A%20law%20implemented%20by%20China,other%20social%20media%20companies%2C%20collects.
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