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TikTok's Deal with the US Government, feat. Alex Barinka

Episode Summary

Today we're joined by special guest cohost Alex Barinka! Alex is a Technology and Social Media Reporter at Bloomberg (which has happily hosted Lauren a time or two), and today she joins Creator Upload to bring us up to speed on TikTok's government deal and YouTube's tiptoe into true AI music management. Josh is underwater planning for the Streamys (watch it live August 27), but we'll see him again next week!

Episode Notes

Here's what we covered today:

• Follow Alex Barinka across socials @alexbarinka and check her out here on Bloomberg!
• A Draft Of TikTok’s Plan To Avoid A Ban Gives The U.S. Government Unprecedented Oversight Power - Forbes
• A leaked draft of TikTok's U.S. government agreement shows unprecedented federal oversight - Tubefilter
• TikTok Ban in US Hinges on Split From China, ByteDance - Bloomberg (Alex wrote this!)
• Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright - The Verge
• YouTube is figuring out its AI strategy by working with music labels - The Verge 
• TikTok will sunset its Shopify storefronts in September - Tubefilter