Davos/New Delhi:
In a special episode of Left, Right and Centre broadcast live from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, American journalist Ben Smith discussed a wide range of issues, from US President Donald Trump’s move to ‘save’ TikTok in the US to the war in Ukraine and Gaza.
With the focus of the world very much on what is taking place in the US, and particularly Mr Trump’s public relations win with ‘saving’ TikTok as one of his first key decisions, Mr Smith said both the Democrats and Republicans believed TikTok was a national security threat, but failed to see that banning it would be an unpopular move.
“American politicians of both parties believe it [TikTok] is a national security threat, and passed a law that people did not quite pay that much attention to, to take it away, and now have realised that that is an incredibly unpopular thing …