TikTok: Free Speech or Security Threat?
August 26, 2025
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Episode 17 · August 26, 2025
TikTok: Free Speech or Security Threat?
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<p>Cato’s Jennifer Huddleston and Tommy Berry examine the 2024 TikTok divest-or-ban law and what it means for Americans. They explain how the law could reshape the app market, restrict free speech, and expand government power far beyond TikTok itself.</p><br /><p>Jennifer Huddleston, “<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/could-latest-tiktok-ban-pass-constitutional-muster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Could the Latest TikTok ‘Ban’ Pass Constitutional Muster?</a>,” <em>Cato at Liberty (blog)</em> (March 12, 2024)</p><p>Jennifer Huddleston, “<a href="https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2022-10/pa-935.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Competition and Content Moderation: How Section 230 Enables Increased Tech Marketplace Entry</a>,” <em>Policy Analysis</em> no. 922 (January 31, 2022)</p><p>Jennifer Huddleston and Tommy Berry, “<a href="https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/tiktok-users-await-looming-us-ban-scotus-may-intervene" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok Users Await Looming US Ban; SCOTUS May Intervene</a>,” <em>Cato Daily Podcast</em> (January 16, 2025)</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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