This piece nails it! The "new" TikTok "deal" is simply an exercise in decorative shape shifting for a situation that has basically been in place for 3 years.

This was never about addressing data privacy, propaganda, or national security. It was always about the US grabbing a big chunk of ownership one of the most popular and successful social media apps. The US Congress just made sure that is was Trump sycophants who got the "win". https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-deal-done-and-its-somehow-the-shittiest-possible-outcome-making-everything-worse/ #TikTok #Oracle #SilverLake #MGX #NationalSecurity #SocialMedia #China #ByteDance #Algorithm #Privacy #DataPrivacy

This piece nails it! The "new" TikTok "deal" is simply an exercise in decorative shape shifting for a situation that has basically been in place for 3 years.

This was never about addressing data privacy, propaganda, or national security. It was always about the US grabbing a big chunk of ownership one of the most popular and successful social media apps. The US Congress just made sure that is was Trump sycophants who got the "win". https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-deal-done-and-its-somehow-the-shittiest-possible-outcome-making-everything-worse/ #TikTok #Oracle #SilverLake #MGX #NationalSecurity #SocialMedia #China #ByteDance #Algorithm #Privacy #DataPrivacy

The artificial intelligence consumer gold rush may come from images not words. That should worry anyone who still thinks pictures don’t lie. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/03/world/photos-might-be-ais-real-killer-app/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #photoshop #vidu #alphabet #google #gemini #alibabagroup #qwen #bytedance #doubao #alibaba

A Fox investment in TikTok would give the Murdoch media empire a platform with 170 million U.S. users to promote TV programming, and a chance to redeem the family’s catastrophic purchase of MySpace 20 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/23/tech/murdochs-myspace-tiktok/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #rupertmurdoch #lachlanmurdoch #myspace #tiktok #socialmedia #bytedance

Donald Trump says that Lachlan Murdoch, Larry Ellison and Michael Dell will be investors in a proposed deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/22/tech/murdoch-dell-ellison-tiktok-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #lachlanmurdoch #michaeldell #larryellison #tiktok #apps #socialmedia #china #us #donaldtrump #bytedance #rupertmurdoch #foxnews #newscorp #oracle #foxcorp

U.S. and Chinese officials' arrival at a framework deal on keeping the TikTok app running in the United States sets up a call between their presidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/politics/us-china-tiktok-trump-xi-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #xijinping #tiktok #socialmedia #bytedance #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

U.S. and Chinese officials say they've reached an agreement on TikTok, to be confirmed during a call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/tech/us-china-tiktok-trump-xi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tiktok #bytedance #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #scottbessent #jamiesongreer #helifeng #xijinping