Opinion

September 23, 2020

What the US and China's tussle over TikTok means for Europe

China has long had its Great Firewall, but now the US is catching up and it's not good news for Europe.


Nicolas Colin

4 min read

Credit: Unsplash

Welcome to the “Splinternet” — today’s fragmented version of the internet in which we’re not connected with one another at the global level anymore.

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Nicolas Colin

Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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