Current：Home > NewsIs Project Texas enough to save TikTok? -GrowthInsight
Is Project Texas enough to save TikTok?
View
Date：2025-04-16 21:28:01
TikTok is facing an existential threat in the U.S. The popular social media app has already been banned from federal devices, with several state and local governments around the country following suit. A movement to ban the app entirely is growing in Washington based on fears that the China-owned app poses a threat to national security.
Today we hear about the extraordinary lengths the company is going to to prevent its extinction in the U.S.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (21)
Related
- Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
- Powerball jackpot nears $1 billion after long drought of winners
- AP PHOTOS: Tens of thousands of Armenians flee in mass exodus from breakaway region of Azerbaijan
- 25 years on, a look back at one of the most iconic photographs in hip-hop history
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Jawlene, Jawlene! Florida alligator missing top jaw gets punny Dolly Parton name
- After Libya's catastrophic floods, survivors and recovery teams assess losses
- Judge acquits 2 Chicago police officers of charges stemming from shooting of unarmed man
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- AP Week in Pictures: North America
Ranking
- Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'
- Meet Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner's First Impression Rose Winner
- 'That song grates on me': 'Flora and Son' director has no patience for 'bad music'
- Meet Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner's First Impression Rose Winner
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- Kaitlyn Bristowe Suffers Panic Attack and Misses People's Choice Country Awards Red Carpet
- Peruvian man arrested for allegedly sending bomb threats when minors refused to send him child pornography
- Kylie Jenner's Naked Dress Is Her Most Glamorous Look Yet
Recommendation
'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
Federal agencies detail impacts of government shutdown with deadline fast approaching
Ryder Cup 2023 format explained: What you need to know about rules and scoring
Packers place offensive tackle Bakhtiari on injured reserve as he continues to deal with knee issue
Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
Wisconsin corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
Team USA & Team Europe announce golfer pairings for Day 1 of Ryder Cup 2023
AP PHOTOS: Tens of thousands of Armenians flee in mass exodus from breakaway region of Azerbaijan