Oracle, the company that won out for the TikTok deal, also happens to have close ties with Trump’s administration
, the company was eager to support the White House with a planned study that would have enabled the widespread release of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 despite warnings from medical experts of potentially dangerous side effects, an embrace of the administration that was perhaps strategic in their pursuit of the video-sharing app. Last month, Trump voiced support for an Oracle-TikTok deal.
” Oracle, too, has positioned itself carefully in the Trump ear, largely avoiding the so-called “techlash” that has engulfed companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google, as Axioslast year. The ties the business software giant developed with the Trump administration early on have served Oracle well, helping it win policy battles and amass influence.
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