New zealand s amongst the latest to announce tiktok will be banned on government devices. the popular social media platform is under growing scrutiny. governments fear data collected from users phones could end up in the hands of the chinese government. u.s., canada and ewunuropean union have similar bans. cnn spoke with a cybersecurity expert. here is what he had to say about the potential risks associated with tiktok. it is on millions and millions and millions of devices across the world. and has the ability of being a forward deployed intelligence network to collect information. and this is not a theoretical threat, right? i think sometimes when the threat maybe several years ago when all the energy started around the threat that is tiktok, it was less understood what could actually happen. but we actually have evidence now, right? and so we ve seen the chief of
Installing better technology at airports. pete muntean, cnn, washington. ron reynolds, can he do anything wrong? he is about to have a very nice pay day. t-mobile announced that it is buying a budget provider in a $1.3 billion deal. reynolds purchased a minority ownership stake in 2019 and will stay on as its spokesman. the acquisition will also include an international calling service. the ceo says that the $15 per month pricing plan will stay in place. the biden administration has threatened to ban tiktok in the u.s. unless the app s chinese owners divest from the popular social media platform. the demand marks a possible turning point in negotiations between tiktok and washington. federal officials have raised concerns that beijing could
Out there, i m still wondering about who the custodian of records is that will be responsible for figuring out what is out, what s outstanding, and how to get it back. that s all part of the conversation. that s the next. story we ve got some good reporters at the table. more in a minute and more on that very important point. i have just said and also do you worry about the impact that social media is having on our society? yes that s rhetorical. well so this one school district and tonight they are pointing the finger at big tech. they re filing a law school against them with the most popular social media platform. claiming that they have a negative impact on their students mental health. we re gonna talk about what tech companies are and are not responsible for, next. ma ma ma ma [clears throut] for fast sore throat relief,
Kids school district would say is that based on the results and the experience in their schools these tools are not adequate. they are not doing enough. you, know this lawsuit is targeting the algorithms and essentially how the social media platform is designed and operated and market their platforms particularly to children. and, these algorithms that are used by the social media companies push harmful content to children and are designed to hook kids and keep them on the platforms. these are the allegations and their complaints and that is a focus of this lawsuit and i understand that companies like to say it s up to parents to protect kids from social media but parents do not control the algorithm that are pushing the harmful material to kids. , and it s these algorithms and how the social media companies have the signed and operated their platforms that are causing these problems. i can t help but drawn analogy in my mind of the idea of big tobacco as it is sometimes thought of a
Nato, the potential expansion of nato in ukraine, the military buildup that the nato sees as in defense of ukraine. so there are two sides to that discussion, and providing some sort of way of reassuring putin might be a way of avoiding both the invasion and those severe economic consequences which, of course, would affect not just russia but countries that want to do business with russia, kate. so interesting. thanks, john for jumping on. i appreciate it. now to capitol hill, the head of instagram will be in the hot seat, testifying before congress for the first time. the popular social media platform owned by facebook is battling scathing reports from a whistle-blower and allegations that the platform creates an unhealthy, even dangerous environment for kids online. cnn s donie oh vul l sulliva