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The response to Montana’s TikTok ban reveals lawmakers’ misconceptions about privacy and data security and hints at how they could get it right.

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The risks of a digital cold war

Any ban on TikTok ignores the bigger issue of who should control personal data in the first place: the individuals who use any app.

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Video: How the Ukraine war is being fought on TikTok

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TikTok’s transparency sets it apart from other social media

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TikTok’s battle between politics and popularity

Some see the fight over TikTok as a fight for data sovereignty, while others see any ban as a threat to information democracy.

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Banning TikTok will take away once-silenced voices

TikTok has given young Palestinian activists and others a loud visibility. Taking it away would marginalise a generation.

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Time ticking for TikTok to review its policy

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Montana’s TikTok ban a wake up call on data privacy

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The social app dividing the world

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In the era of AI-generated news, readers value trust over customised content

Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you

AI and the news: How it helps, fails, and why that matters

TikTok enters the battlefield in US-China tech war

Video: How the Ukraine war is being fought on TikTok

TikTok’s transparency sets it apart from other social media

TikTok’s battle between politics and popularity

Banning TikTok will take away once-silenced voices

Time ticking for TikTok to review its policy

Montana’s TikTok ban a wake up call on data privacy

The social app dividing the world

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