Trump-TikTok Deal Cleared, But National Security Scrutiny Persists
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The US finalizes a TikTok deal creating a US-based joint venture with ByteDance holding 19.9% and investors including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX; Americans gain majority board control and US data will be retrained and housed in a US cloud, but critics warn the arrangement may not fully separate ByteDance from TikTok’s algorithm, leaving ongoing security concerns and potential MAGA-driven content decisions under congressional scrutiny.
- TikTok finalizes Trump deal that allows ByteDance to maintain some control Ars Technica
- Will I Have to Download a New TikTok App? And Other Big Questions About The Deal. The New York Times
- How the TikTok deal could tighten Trump’s cultural grip Politico
- Announcement from the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC Newsroom | TikTok
- Who controls TikTok’s US platform under new deal? Al Jazeera
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