The White House has named tech giant Oracle as the company that will power TikTok for U.S. users, with the app's algorithm being operated in the United States.A
The White House has named tech giant Oracle as the company that will power TikTok for U.S. users, with the app's algorithm being operated in the United States.TikTok is currently owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company.
This agreement would bring an end to a years-long saga over how to handle the popular social media platform with tens of millions of American users and the national security concerns its Chinese ownership created. Security concerns first arose during President Joe Biden's term, when Biden signed bipartisan legislation before leaving office, requiring the Chinese company to sell its assets to an American company or face a ban. American officials have previously warned that the algorithm that fuels what users see on the app is vulnerable to manipulation by Chinese authorities, who can use it to shape content on the platform in a way that’s difficult to detect. “It wouldn’t be in compliance if the algorithm is Chinese. There can’t be any shared algorithm with ByteDance,” said a spokesperson for the House Select Committee on China. In this new deal, Oracle will have a copy of the TikTok algorithm and oversee the security operations of the social media app. The algorithm would be “fully inspected and retrained,” the senior White House official said Monday. In a call with reporters, the official later emphasized that the content recommendation formula would be retrained only on U.S. data in order to make sure the system is “behaving appropriately.” It is currently unclear if retraining the U.S. copy of the algorithm on local data would essentially create a separate TikTok experience just for domestic users. “The president will sign later this week is an executive order, essentially declaring that the terms of this deal meets America’s national security needs,” the White House official said. He notes that Trump will then issue a 120 day reprieve in order to get the necessary agreements finalized. The White House official also said that under the preliminary deal — which still requires Chinese officials to sign off on a framework agreement — the United States will not take an equity stake in the new venture or have representation on the controlling committee. Trump has extended the deadline several times as he worked to reach a deal to keep TikTok available in the United States.The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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