On April 24th local time, US President Joe Biden said he had signed a bill which involves forcing ByteDance to divest its app TikTok's U.S. operations within a deadline of about nine months or it will face a nationwide U.S. ban.

What is the true reason why the United States is banning TikTok and what impact will it have on the lives of the American people?

We interviewed Daniel Egger, one of the founding fathers of the international Internet, a professor at Duke University's Master of Engineering Management program, with a doctor of law from Yale University.

Source :Yangcheng Evening News

北京时间4月24日,美国总统拜登表示,他已于当日签署了价值950亿美元的对外援助法案。该法案涉及强制字节跳动剥离旗下应用TikTok美国业务。在相关条款中,字节跳动被限期约九个月剥离其美国业务,否则将面临美国全国禁令。此外,如果拜登确定出售事宜取得进展,他还可行使一次90天的延期权力。北京时间当晚,TikTok在X平台发布声明回应,该项禁令违宪,将诉诸法律。

美国禁止TikTok的真实原因是什么?它将对美国民众的生活带来什么样的影响?我们采访了国际互联网奠基人之一、杜克大学工程管理硕士项目教授、耶鲁大学法学博士丹尼尔·埃格尔。

统筹|蒋铮
策划|赵鹏
文案|孙唯 王铠呈 张佳慧
翻译|陈彦充
出镜|付怡
剪辑 制图|黎杰文