Why TikTok’s ban could be the best thing to ever happen to *Creators*

Key resources used to build this episode

Judgement of the Supreme Court of the United States in question -

• “Tiktok Inc. v. Garland “, SCOTUS

• “Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban”, Opinion Analysis, SCOTUSblog
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  Podcasts referred to -

• “Impact Entrepreneurship”, LOCS-TALK & BARREL Podcast -

• “Robin Berjon- Free Our Feeds | Hearsay Culture Radio Ep. 308, KZSU-FM (Stanford)”, Hearsay Culture Network Podcast -

• “TikTok Part 5 : Should we be worried about our data?”, Foundering Podcast -

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Privacy Policies

• TikTok U.S. Privacy Policy

• Meta, United States Regional Privacy Notice

• Meta Privacy Policy - What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover?

• Supplemental Meta Platforms Technologies Privacy Policy

• Twitter Privacy Policy

• Google Policy & Terms

• WhatsApp Privacy Policy

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Platforms mentioned

• Discord Servers

• Pateron account

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