Tanya Mosley

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, I'm talking with law professor Alan Rosenstein about the impending ban of the social media app TikTok. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, I'm talking with law professor Alan Rosenstein about the impending ban of the social media app TikTok. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, I'm talking with law professor Alan Rosenstein about the impending ban of the social media app TikTok. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

This is Fresh Air, and today we're talking to Alan Rosenstein, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a senior editor at Lawfare. He's been writing for The Atlantic about the threat Congress says TikTok poses on national security and what a decision to ban it could mean for our First Amendment rights.

This is Fresh Air, and today we're talking to Alan Rosenstein, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a senior editor at Lawfare. He's been writing for The Atlantic about the threat Congress says TikTok poses on national security and what a decision to ban it could mean for our First Amendment rights.

This is Fresh Air, and today we're talking to Alan Rosenstein, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a senior editor at Lawfare. He's been writing for The Atlantic about the threat Congress says TikTok poses on national security and what a decision to ban it could mean for our First Amendment rights.

For the average American, they may have a hard time understanding when we say that TikTok could be a threat to national security. If you're just a regular old content creator in middle America, or you're someone who just likes to look at TikTok before you go to bed each night, what are some of the concerns that you have?

For the average American, they may have a hard time understanding when we say that TikTok could be a threat to national security. If you're just a regular old content creator in middle America, or you're someone who just likes to look at TikTok before you go to bed each night, what are some of the concerns that you have?

For the average American, they may have a hard time understanding when we say that TikTok could be a threat to national security. If you're just a regular old content creator in middle America, or you're someone who just likes to look at TikTok before you go to bed each night, what are some of the concerns that you have?

And you're already on all the apps already, and all the apps already have your information online. What are some of your concerns about what China could do with our data? I know that propaganda has also come up in many instances as far as TikTok scope and influence in our country. But what are some like real ways that they could be a threat?

And you're already on all the apps already, and all the apps already have your information online. What are some of your concerns about what China could do with our data? I know that propaganda has also come up in many instances as far as TikTok scope and influence in our country. But what are some like real ways that they could be a threat?

And you're already on all the apps already, and all the apps already have your information online. What are some of your concerns about what China could do with our data? I know that propaganda has also come up in many instances as far as TikTok scope and influence in our country. But what are some like real ways that they could be a threat?

You mentioned how the concern over propaganda. data privacy is not necessarily with ordinary people's data, but users who have positions in the U.S. government. We've heard of the government banning the use of certain apps before. Why couldn't lawmakers just ban government employees from using TikTok instead of a full-on ban?

You mentioned how the concern over propaganda. data privacy is not necessarily with ordinary people's data, but users who have positions in the U.S. government. We've heard of the government banning the use of certain apps before. Why couldn't lawmakers just ban government employees from using TikTok instead of a full-on ban?

You mentioned how the concern over propaganda. data privacy is not necessarily with ordinary people's data, but users who have positions in the U.S. government. We've heard of the government banning the use of certain apps before. Why couldn't lawmakers just ban government employees from using TikTok instead of a full-on ban?

You talked about a scenario where TikTok could take... US user data and put them on different servers. And there was this project that they announced some time ago called Project Texas in partnership with Oracle, where they said they would house US user data on US servers. How would that work? I guess the bigger question is, is it even possible for ByteDance to separate American user data?

You talked about a scenario where TikTok could take... US user data and put them on different servers. And there was this project that they announced some time ago called Project Texas in partnership with Oracle, where they said they would house US user data on US servers. How would that work? I guess the bigger question is, is it even possible for ByteDance to separate American user data?

You talked about a scenario where TikTok could take... US user data and put them on different servers. And there was this project that they announced some time ago called Project Texas in partnership with Oracle, where they said they would house US user data on US servers. How would that work? I guess the bigger question is, is it even possible for ByteDance to separate American user data?

I'm curious how that would work.

I'm curious how that would work.