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BBC
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Will the TikTok deal mean the app changes in the US?
1 day ago - Currently, TikTok's system depends on huge amounts of global data and feedback loops, which can change recommendations in an instant. Under the terms of the deal TikTok's algorithm, which will be licensed by investor Oracle, is set to be retrained on American user data.
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Reuters
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China's ByteDance signs deal to form joint venture in step to avoid US TikTok ban | Reuters
1 day ago - WASHINGTON/HONG KONG, Dec 19 (Reuters) - TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, on Thursday signed binding agreements to hand control of the short video app's U.S. operations to a group of investors, including Oracle (ORCL.N), opens new tab, in ...
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Techdirt
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TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse | Techdirt
2 days ago - The Chinese government has signed off on the deal, which involves offloading a large chunk of TikTok to billionaire right wing Trump ally Larry Ellison (fresh off his acquisition of CBS), the private equity firm Silver Lake (which has broad ...
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CNN
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TikTok has signed the deal to spin off its US entity with American investor group | CNN Business
2 days ago - TikTok has signed the deal backed by President Donald Trump to spin off its US assets to create a new entity with a group of mostly American investors, CEO Shou Chew told employees in a memo Thursday.
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The Hill
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TikTok signs deal to spin off US business
1 day ago - TikTok on Thursday signed a deal ... app available in the U.S. Nearly 50 percent of the assets — or 15 percent each — will be held by three American companies, Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX....
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Hacker News
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TikTok Deal Is the Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse | Hacker News
19 hours ago - Now, you could argue that the subsequent invasion of Iraq was counterproductive to that, but I don't see that argument having water · 1) eliminating a military threat to Saudi Arabia and Israel
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BBC
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TikTok owner signs join venture deal to avoid US ban
Half of the joint venture will be owned by a group of investors including Oracle, Silver Lake and the Emirati investment firm MGX, according to a memo sent by chief executive Shou Zi Chew. The deal, which is set to close on 22 January, would end ...
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The Guardian
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TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to avoid US ban | TikTok | The Guardian
2 days ago - TikTok has reached a deal to form a joint venture that will allow it to continue operating in the US, five years after Donald Trump threatened to ban the social media platform over privacy and national security concerns, a move that further ...
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WCVB
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TikTok signs deal to sell its US unit to American investors
2 days ago - TikTok has signed agreements with three major investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States.
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AP News
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TikTok signs deal to form new US unit with investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake
2 days ago - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok has signed agreements with three major investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States.
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Newsweek
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TikTok Signs US Deal with 3 American Investors—How It Could Impact Users - Newsweek
2 days ago - Under the agreement, a new TikTok U.S. joint venture will be majority-owned by a consortium of new investors, which will hold a combined 50 percent stake, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX each owning 15 percent.
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PBS NewsHour
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TikTok signs deal to sell U.S. unit to American investors, including Oracle and Silver Lake | PBS News
2 days ago - TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. business to three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States.
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PocketGamer
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TikTok’s US sale stalls despite readiness from investors | PocketGamer.biz
6 days ago - Frank McCourt, founder of Project Liberty, told the BBC that his investor group is ready to move forward but has been left waiting as the US government continues to delay the requirement for TikTok to sell its US operations. “We’re just standing by waiting to see what happens,” McCourt said, adding that his consortium has already raised the capital needed to complete a deal.
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The Hill
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Senator Ed Markey questions President Trump's TikTok agreement
2 days ago - The agreement, which Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said was finalized in late October, seeks to comply with a 2024 law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to divest from the app or face a U.S.
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KXLY
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TikTok has signed the deal to sell its US entity to American investor group | Money | kxly.com
New York (CNN) — TikTok has signed the deal backed by President Donald Trump to sell its US assets to a group of American investors, CEO Shou Chew told employees in a memo Thursday.
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