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U.S. Bans on TikTok and WeChat: Legal and Policy Issues
October 5, 2020 — The Trump administration has issued a series of executive orders to ban two major Chinese apps, TikTok and WeChat, from the U.S. market, eliciting legal challenges from the companies that own the apps. In a panel discussion hosted by Asia Society Southern California, renowned experts Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, James Dempsey and Susan Shirk discuss the controversy from the perspective of constitutional law, data privacy, cyber security and the U.S.-China competition for technological dominance. Dr. Seagull Song, an advisory board member of the Asia Society Southern California Center, serves as moderator. (1 hr., 18 min.)