TikTok Lives: US, China Reach Deal
Beijing has said the US spin-off of TikTok to be sold to American investors in a deal orchestrated by President Donald Trump will use parent company ByteDance’s Chinese algorithm.Wang Jingtao, deputy head of China’s powerful cyber security regulator, on Monday said US and Chinese officials had agreed a framework that included “licensing the algorithm and other intellectual property rights”.
He said ByteDance would “entrust the operation of TikTok’s US user data and content security”, without elaborating.
TikTok’s powerful recommendation algorithm has been at the heart of a geopolitical tug of war over the short-video app since the first Trump administration, when Beijing unveiled export controls on algorithms to thwart a forced sale of the app.
The artificial intelligence algorithm underpins the app’s prized ability to serve up addictive videos tailored to individual users, but has also raised fears among national security hawks that it could be manipulated to push Chinese propaganda or polarising material to users.
US officials have insisted any deal must ensure TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is fully severed from ByteDance, warning continued co-operation could allow Beijing to maintain influence over the content seen by Americans.
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If we can cancel Kimmel we surly can cancel the brain rotting tictok, it’s damaging our youth! China will still control the content,
TikTok is not available in mainland China; instead, there’s a domestic version called Douyin (抖音), which is similar but follows stricter Chinese regulations.
We are idiots for allowing this, harming our youth, shame shame shame!!! Trump $$$. Sad.
Trump has said and as recently as yesterday, that the U.S. companies will have total control and that includes the algorithims. AI says U.S. investors involved in the recent framework deal for TikTok's U.S. operations include major tech and private equity firms like Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz, and Silver Lake, with existing ByteDance backers like Susquehanna International Group and General Atlantic also participating in the consortium that will take majority ownership of the app's U.S. business. The deal structure aims to comply with U.S. law by ensuring American investors hold roughly an 80% stake, while ByteDance retains a minority stake below the 20% threshold.
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