{"659459":{"#nid":"659459","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mueller Publishes Op-ed on TikTok, National Cybersecurity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/milton-l-mueller\u0022\u003EMilton Mueller\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Public Policy and School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, published an op-ed in the \u003Cem\u003ENew York Daily News\u003C\/em\u003E. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nydailynews.com\/opinion\/ny-oped-tiktok-not-threat-america-20220715-ghfahgzyffdfrofqvcepphw7vi-story.html\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E, titled \u0026ldquo;TikTok Is Not a Threat to America,\u0026rdquo; argues against claims that the social media app poses threats to national cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the article, Mueller highlights several attempts that government officials have made to crack down on TikTok and rebuts the claims of cybersecurity concerns officials have used to justify them. This includes the argument that TikTok, a Chinese-owned company, will steal private information.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If the Communists find out that I follow @looneytunes, @thisissavvy, @underthedesknews and the psychedelic digital creations of @hellopersonality on TikTok, I don\u0026rsquo;t see how our country is imperiled,\u0026rdquo; Mueller writes. \u0026ldquo;What will they do with this information, even if they get it for millions of others? To call TikTok a governmental surveillance tool militarizes the entire global data economy \u0026mdash; any form of trade would fit the mold.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/opinion\/ny-oped-tiktok-not-threat-america-20220715-ghfahgzyffdfrofqvcepphw7vi-story.html\u0022\u003Efull article\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Cem\u003ENew York Daily News\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMueller claims that despite what some government officials argue, TikTok is not a threat to national cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mueller claims that despite what some government officials argue, TikTok is not a threat to national cybersecurity."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-07-18 18:35:58","changed_gmt":"2022-07-18 18:35:58","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642982":{"id":"642982","type":"image","title":"Milton Mueller","body":null,"created":"1610724841","gmt_created":"2021-01-15 15:34:01","changed":"1614694385","gmt_changed":"2021-03-02 14:13:05","alt":"Milton Mueller","file":{"fid":"244150","name":"milton mueller preferred 200x300.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/milton%20mueller%20preferred%20200x300.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/milton%20mueller%20preferred%20200x300.png","mime":"image\/png","size":98218,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/milton%20mueller%20preferred%20200x300.png?itok=E5Iwok4f"}}},"media_ids":["642982"],"groups":[{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"190947","name":"tiktok"},{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"543","name":"National Security"},{"id":"190948","name":"government regulation"},{"id":"167543","name":"social media"},{"id":"190949","name":"social media regulation"},{"id":"802","name":"China"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}