TechNode

JANUARY 16, 2025

Why it matters: The proposed delay to the ban reflects the US’s conflicted stance on TikTok. It also requires TikTok’s cloud service provider, Oracle, to cease hosting its US user data. Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey proposed a delay to the TikTok ban deadline less than a week before it was set to take effect.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It’s difficult to remember now, but in August 2020 there was a deeply surreal episode wherein Microsoft proposed acquiring some portion of TikTok in a complicated deal as the Trump administration was threatening to come down hard on the platform. He says he hasn’t followed up on what’s going on with TikTok and Oracle. Nadella says.

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2022

TikTok is reportedly close to finalizing a deal with Oracle that would see the short-form video platform storing its US users’ data without providing access to Chinese parent company ByteDance. Oracle was to become a “trusted technology partner” for TikTok in the US. Tiktok | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Facebook’s proposed solution to this is the Oversight Board , an independent group that will serve as a kind of Supreme Court for content moderation. Governing. ? The move gives ByteDance more time to get approval from authorities in the US and China for a pending deal with Oracle and Walmart. government ban also remains.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

First publicly confirmed on August 2nd, the proposed TikTok acquisition comes in response to months of escalating concerns about Chinese ownership of an app used by millions of Americans. The most interesting option is the fourth one, in which the acquiring company licenses the use of the algorithm from ByteDance without buying it outright.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Governing. ? A group of Republican senators led by Marco Rubio is calling on Trump to reject Oracle’s proposed deal with TikTok if the app doesn’t sever ties with ByteDance. “We Oracle’s deal with TikTok could be worth more than $1 billion in annual revenue for Oracle’s cloud business in the coming years.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

Trump himself has said he would like to see a bidding war for the app and that the US government should own a stake in the company. Under this arrangement, ByteDance would retain a minority stake in the company but Oracle would oversee the app's algorithm, data collection and software updates. Now, Trumps position on Oracle is unclear.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

as part of that country’s debate over proposed online-harm legislation, would “require platform companies to ensure that their algorithms do not skew toward extreme and unreliable material to boost user engagement.” Governing. ? Oracle’s closeness with the Trump administration could prove helpful in its bid to buy TikTok.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Oracle will also own a minority stake that will be less than 20% of the new global TikTok, two of the people said. In the meantime, for reasons we covered here Monday , Trump is facing increasing pushback from Republican members on the deal as it is currently proposed. Governing. ? You can read the full policy change here.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This includes QAnon, US-based militia organizations, anarchist groups, and a violent US-based anti-government network connected to the boogaloo movement. Governing. ? Facebook rolled out new rules governing employee speech in Workplace, the company’s internal social network. Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed ).

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