The Point of Information Podcast, recorded Monday, September 21, 2020. Looks like TikTok gets to stick around in the U.S. a little longer, Googles ad business gets greater scrutiny in the Senate, Is it a good idea to dunk your data center underwater, and Senate Republicans release a new consumer data privacy bill. All this and more on this week's POI podcast.

• U.S. Judge Temporarily Halts Trump’s WeChat Ban
• TikTok and WeChat both managed to avoid their Sunday bans
• Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S., Beating Microsoft
• This Deal Helped Turn Google Into an Ad Powerhouse. Is That a Problem?
• Microsoft’s underwater server experiment resurfaces after two years
• Wicker, Thune, Fischer, Blackburn Introduce Consumer Data Privacy Legislation