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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order approving a deal to separate TikTok’s U.S. operations from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
The proposed plan gives majority ownership to U.S. investors like Oracle, while ByteDance would retain a minority stake and license TikTok’s recommendation algorithm.
This move aims to address national security concerns while allowing the app to continue operating in the U.S.

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00:00Stop scrolling because there are some big TikTok moves that are expected to be made today.
00:04For those of you who don't know, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order
00:07today that will approve the plan to separate TikTok's US version from the Chinese parent
00:11company ByteDance.
00:12Under this plan, the new version of TikTok in the US would be owned by American investors
00:16like Oracle and Silver Lake.
00:18ByteDance would own less than 20%.
00:20As far as TikTok's algorithm, it would stay the same, but with a little bit of a change.
00:24The iconic four-you page algorithm won't be sold, but under this new deal, Oracle would
00:29be the ones to manage the algorithm in an effort to keep US users' info safe.
00:34TikTok would have until mid-December to make this deal official, or once again face a ban
00:38here in the US, but it's also worth noting that the deadline could be pushed again.
00:41Some people still don't feel like this deal is good enough.
00:43They feel like it still gives ByteDance influence, and apparently some people are concerned that
00:47the investors have too close of ties to Trump, which of course is raising some questions
00:51about fairness and control, but go ahead and let us know your thoughts, and for more trending
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