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Q&A: Every Screen on the Planet: Emily Baker-White on the Future of Technology and Society

Q&A: Every Screen on the Planet: Emily Baker-White on the Future of Technology and Society

Update: 2025-09-29
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Last week, President Trump announced that a deal had been reached between the U.S. government and China regarding the control of the widely popular social media platform, TikTok. In April 2024, Congress passed, and President Biden signed, a law that required TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok within a year or face a ban in the United States. Forbes technology reporter Emily Baker-White, author of "Every Screen on the Planet," talks about the meteoric rise of TikTok, used by an estimated 150 million Americans, and the U.S. government's concerns over its influence and ownership.

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Q&A: Every Screen on the Planet: Emily Baker-White on the Future of Technology and Society

Q&A: Every Screen on the Planet: Emily Baker-White on the Future of Technology and Society

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