Press
Selected TV, Radio, and Print Interviews
2024
The Atlantic: "Can Memes Really Win Elections?" July 23, 2024.
CNBC: "The CrowdStrike outage could be a wake up call to DC lawmakers," July 19, 2024.
The Huffington Post: "Why Donald Trump Decided To Join TikTok," June 6, 2024.
Deadline: "As The Clock Ticks On TikTok, Rivals Like Clapper Try To Make A Mark," May 21, 2024.
The Dallas Morning News: "Dallas police plan to use facial recognition AI. How will they address privacy concerns?" May 15, 2024.
WHRO: "Potential U.S. ban of TikTok not stopping troops who use platform," May 3, 2024.
Tatler: "TikTok Ban: Why This Remains a Challenge to Fully Implement," May 2, 2024.
Bloomberg: "TikTok, Tesla Show US-China Battle Over Data Is Just Beginning," April 29, 2024.
The Huffington Post: "Biden Signed A Bill That Could Ban TikTok Nationwide. What's Next?" April 25, 2024.
The Washington Post: "TikTok and the U.S. government dig in for legal war," April 25, 2024.
South China Morning Post: "US Senate passes bill to force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban of the app," April 24, 2024.
South China Morning Post: "US House passes bills to aid Ukraine, bolster Taiwan, threaten TikTok ban," April 21, 2024.
Investor's Business Daily: "What A TikTok Ban Would Mean For Tech And The Stock Market," April 8, 2024.
The Diplomat: "TikTok in the Age of Decoupling," April 18, 2024.
South China Morning Post: "After Baltimore bridge collapse, unfounded conspiracy theories include a role for China," April 2, 2024.
Wired: "The DOJ Puts Apple's iMessage Encryption in the Antitrust Crosshairs," March 21, 2024.
South China Morning Post: "US House vote on TikTok ban suggests broader prism than just pro- or anti-China," March 20, 2024.
ABC Australia: "Australian influencers watch US TikTok ban closely," March 13, 2024.
CBS News: "TikTok's fate in the U.S. hangs in the balance. What would the sale of the popular app mean?" March 13, 2024.
South China Morning Post: "Why is Donald Trump now defending TikTok in the US, the popular China-tied app he once sought to ban?" March 13, 2024.
Wired: "US Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying," March 12, 2024.
The Atlantic: "Could a TikTok Ban Actually Happen?," March 12, 2024.
Voice of America: "US House Expected to Pass Bill Forcing Chinese Company to Give Up TikTok," March 12, 2024.
BCM 89.9: "TikTok Take Down in Congress Crosshairs Again," March 10, 2024.
Politifact: "Proposed online safety act does not require websites to verify government IDs," February 23, 2024.
2023
Nikkei Asia: "Biden administration stalls TikTok ban argument: Concerns about youth backlash in election," December 30, 2023.
Nikkei Asia: "Inside PDD, China's e-commerce titan behind Temu and Pinduodu," December 20, 2023.
Information Week: "US Lawmakers Urge Pushback on EU’s Big Tech Crackdown," December 19, 2023.
South China Morning Post: "What latest US privacy row says about Washington’s concerns about security threats from China," December 13, 2023.
Military Times: "Navigating the Pentagon’s social media rules amid the Israel-Hamas war," November 16, 2023.
The Atlantic: "Social Media’s ‘Frictionless Experience’ for Terrorists," October 19, 2023.
CNN: "Take a look at Hamas' sophisticated social media use to recruit new followers," October 17, 2023.
Pluribus News: "N.Y. AG questions social media companies over anti-Semitic, Islamophobic threats," October 13, 2023.
The Hill: "How Musk's X is amplifying misinformation about Israel and Gaza," October 10, 2023.
World Affairs On Shifting Ground: "Regulating Big Tech: Is TikTok still on the clock?" September 19, 2023.
Radio Free Europe, "Instagram Live Streamed A Brutal Murder-Suicide In Bosnia. A War-Weary Nation Wonders How That Could Happen," August 16, 2023.
Voice of America, "Chinese Surveillance Firm Selling Cameras With 'Skin Color Analytics," August 11, 2023.
CQ Researcher, "Do expanded surveillance capabilities undermine civil liberties?" July 7, 2023.
Commonwealth Magazine: "Lawmakers target cell phone tracking data in abortion fight," June 26, 2023.
Foreign Policy: "How Technology Is Changing Immigration Lines," April 17, 2023.
The Huffington Post: "Could Montana's Effort To Block TikTok Statewide Work?" April 18, 2023.
The Dallas Morning News, "Built in North Texas, Clapper app finds new users as TikTok uncertainty looms," April 12, 2023.
Foreign Policy: "Europe Is Paranoid About Data But Does Nothing About Spyware," April 12, 2023.
World Affairs On Shifting Ground: "TikTok on the Clock: Inside the Efforts to Ban the Video App," April 3, 2023.
The Boston Globe: "TikTok isn't the only social media company threatening national security," March 24, 2023.
Bloomberg: "TikTok’s Next Stop Is US Courts as CEO Falls Flat," March 24, 2023.
Rest of World: "As TikTok faces a ban, other Chinese companies in US try to pass as locals," March 23, 2023.
BFM 89.9: "TikTok: The scapegoat in U.S.-China geopolitics?" March 23, 2023.
BBC News: James Clayton and Ben Derico, "TikTok US ban at stake as boss faces Congress showdown," March 22, 2023.
Roll Call: "TikTok CEO to face skeptical lawmakers in testimony Thursday," March 22, 2023.
CBS News: "As Senate pushes a ban, what will happen to TikTok?" March 21, 2023.
Politifact: "US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say," March 17, 2023.
The Huffington Post: "Could A Ban On TikTok Hurt Democrats?" March 17, 2023.
The Toronto Star: "The ticking TikTok: How an app ignited a national security debate," March 16, 2023.
Voice of America: "White House Voices Support for Bipartisan Push to Ban TikTok," March 16, 2023.
Nikkei Asia: "U.S. orders ByteDance to divest TikTok or face potential ban," March 16, 2023.
Nikkei Asia:"TikTok's U.S. woes grow as efforts to lobby Washington falter," March 9, 2023.
Pluribus News:"Online content crackdown a new front in abortion battle," March 9, 2023.
GZERO: "TikTok boom: Could the US ban the app?," March 8, 2023.
The Huffington Post: "This Country Banned TikTok -- And Could Set a Precedent for the U.S.," March 8, 2023.
The New York Times: "Why Countries Are Trying to Ban TikTok," March 3, 2023.
Belgrade News: "TikTok ban pushed in Montana, nationally -- Are they legal?" March 1, 2023.
NPR Marketplace: "Ticktock, TikTok: Government agencies are on the clock to purge the app from all devices," February 28, 2023.
National Journal: "Can China hawks kill TikTok in the U.S.?," February 28, 2023.
Capital News Service: "Supreme Court justices skeptical of challenges to tech giant immunity," February 23, 2023.
Rest of World: "What the U.S. can learn from India's TikTok ban," February 6, 2023.
The Drum: "Marketers on high alert with DOJ ‘out for Google's blood,’ experts say," January 25, 2023.
Business Insider: "TikTok and its parent company spent about $5.4 million on federal lobbying last year as it faced renewed threats of a ban," January 25, 2023.
The Tennessean: "TikTok bans in the South: Should you be worried about using the video app?" January 17, 2023.
Bloomberg: "China’s Tech Giants Brace for a New Era of Slower Growth," January 4, 2023.
2022
South China Morning Post: "As its vilification grows, Tiktok’s future in the US remains in limbo," December 21, 2022.
BBC News: "US lawmakers unveil TikTok ban bill over China security fears," December 13, 2022.
The Drum: "5 new US state privacy laws to go into effect in 2023: what to know," October 4, 2022.
The Drum: "Google’s $4bn fine latest indicator that antitrust ‘floodgates have opened,’ experts say," September 14, 2022.
Newtral: "No solo hay riesgo en las apps de menstruación: así se instrumentalizan los datos de salud de las mujeres," September 4, 2022.
Voice of America: "Experts worry digital footprints will incriminate US patients seeking abortions," August 26, 2022.
Agencia Efe: "La ausencia de protección de datos en EEUU facilita la persecución del aborto," August 17, 2022.
Radio Free Asia: "Report on TikTok's 'excessive' harvesting of user data sparks security concerns," July 28, 2022.
The National: "The new frontline in America's abortion war is digital," July 11, 2022.
The Guardian: "Tech companies in spotlight as US abortion ruling sparks privacy threat," July 2, 2022.
Axios: "The future of privacy rights in a post-Roe world," June 28, 2022.
Axios: "Tech companies may surrender abortion-related data," June 28, 2022.
Yahoo Finance: "Roe v. Wade and tech: 'The problem' is that too many companies are collecting data," June 28, 2022.
Georgetown Public Policy Review: "The state of the privacy debate: A conversation with Caitlin Chin," July 30, 2021.
WOSU/NPR All Sides with Ann Fisher: "Tech Tuesday: Untangling online conspiracy theories," January 19, 2021.
France 24 Inside the Americas: "Race to the White House: The impact of social media on U.S. elections," October 7, 2020.
C-SPAN: "The D.C. Circuit Court ruled on net neutrality. What's next?" October 7, 2019.
ThinkProgress: "Social media shapes our politics. But does it actually elect presidents?" June 5, 2019.