Summary
This week we're taking a global look at TikTok, and some of the problems the video sharing platform has been facing. Also on Tech Life, you want to keep in touch with your child, but is there an alternative to giving them a smartphone ? We hear from video gamers in South Africa. And a female tech boss from Brazil shares advice on how others can follow her success.
Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn
(Photo: The TikTok logo on a mobile phone screen. Credit: Chesnot/Getty Images)
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| 0:37.9 | Hello and welcome to TechLife, the program about technology making an impact on your life. |
| 0:44.2 | I'm Shona McCallum and this week we're taking a global look at TikTok and some of the |
| 0:49.0 | problems it's been facing more of that in a moment. You want to keep in touch with your child, but is there an alternative |
| 0:55.8 | to giving them a smartphone and advice for women wanting a career in tech? Use this resilience |
| 1:02.9 | that we have to build, you know, especially as women, because opportunities are harder. It's still |
| 1:09.0 | not an equitable journey for women today. |
| 1:41.4 | Even if you don't use it yourself, there's a good chance you'll have heard about President Biden signing into law a bill which could see the video sharing app TikTok being sold or banned in the United States. |
| 1:45.2 | Lawmakers from both major parties fear the Chinese government could force TikTok's Chinese owner Bight Dance |
| 1:48.0 | to hand over data about 170 million American users. |
| 1:53.5 | TikTok insists it would not provide foreign user data to the Chinese government. |
| 1:58.4 | Bight Dance has nine months to sell TikTok to a new buyer or face the ban. |
| 2:03.6 | TikTok says it will challenge the law in court. |
| 2:06.5 | A previous attempt by politicians in the American state of Montana to ban TikTok |
| 2:11.2 | was blocked by judges. |
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