make sure everything is above board? they got a range of issues i think they re going to have to manage and i think it all starts at the top and it begins with byte dance, the parent holding company, their ownership of tiktok. and so i assume whether it is at tiktok headquarters or the main investors in tiktok which includes a number of u.s. private equity and institutional investors, are taking a hard look at what a potential tiktok exit strategy might be so they can make something out of this, rather than lose the market right now, because as i see it, tiktok stands a big risk of getting the huawei treatment that we saw in the last administration, and huawei is a chinese telecommunications firm that was limited from access to the u.s. market due to national security concerns, and they have taken a real global market hit, and revenue hit as a result. tiktok, unlike huawei though, which was a cellular communications firm, right, tiktok is a social media company that is wildly popul
there could be in line with the chinese communist party. and you know, like i said, it s a broad set of issues. and like you re seeing with the eu, it s not just data, it s privacy, it s content moderation, it s a whole wide range of issues, and i personally think that the eu is the biggest risk right now for tiktok operations globally. because the eu has more authority than the u.s. does or are they more in line? they actually, they have already they already have legislation and regulations in place, or in the immediate of f ing. for one, you have the general data protection protection where the irish data protection commission has been investigating tiktok for third party access, meaning access from china to an eu user, since 2021, and that has been in place for years and the irish have used that, that regulation, that investigative tool for a number of other, you know, tech companies, including u.s., like microsoft and facebook. the second is the digital
and bleeding or bruising. blood clots that can lead to death have occurred. tell your doctor if you have pain or swelling in your arms or legs, shortness of breath, chest pain and rapid breathing or heart rate or if you are nursing, pregnant, or plan to be. i m making future memories every day with verzenio. ask your doctor about everyday verzenio. now is the european union that is going after tiktok. this afternoon, a top eu official warned tiktok ceo to change the company s content and data policies, citing safety concerns, saying tiktok does not get in line with new eu legislation, it could face a ban across europe. tiktok is already banned on u.s. government devices, and now in parts of the u.s., more than two dozen states have issued bans or restrictions out of national security fears. also college campuses are banning tiktok on their wi-fi, some of them at least. joining me now is chris krebs, a partner at the krebs stamos group, the first director of the
gutfeld: i think when you talk about attention, tom, that s how china figured us out. we are addicted to attention. and tiktok is kind of my favorite drug. gutfeld: people love it. tiktok packages it for everybody in an effective brainwashing tool. everybody has everybody with crazy attitudes getting on there, spreading it out there and getting it to your house. a brainwashing tool that s entered your home. they have attacked us on our weak point, greg. because we love these things and the kids do. i got to give it to cristie noam, which is great. on state devices? that s not going to do much. if anybody could do well, it would be nome. she could do the dances with the ten gallon hat and things like that. yeah, that s what i m talking about. she s giving up a lot. she s giving up a potential