A Looming TikTok Ban, a Royal Photoshop Mystery and Your Snitching Car

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This week, the U.S. House of Representatives handed a invoice that will ban TikTok if its Chinese-owned mum or dad firm, ByteDance, doesn’t promote it off. We discuss why, what occurs subsequent, and the way possible it’s that the app might be banned. Then, how a photoshopped picture of Kate Middleton undermines belief in pictures. And lastly, a brand new report reveals how your automobile could also be monitoring you with out your data — and the way that may increase your insurance coverage invoice.

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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Davis Land and Rachel Cohn. The present is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and unique music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano.

Special because of Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.