The president approved a deal that would hand his allies the platform tiktok and a level of control over the United states. This is something that they could only dream about, the group of investors in the new tiktok reportedly would include not just media moguls Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan but also major businesses like venture capital firm Silver Lake and software company Oracle, run by Larry Ellison. Tikok’s sale still has to be finalized, including approval by China. The deal should go through, Ellison would be adding a significant platform to his family media empire.
Donald Trump’s deal could permanently alter tiktok and throw a major wrench into the creator company. The administration is in the final stage of negotiation terms of the multi billion dollar purchase. The parent company over fox news will be given majority ownership over the app. These new American owners will lease a copy of Tiktok’s algorithm from its parent company Bytedance. Reportedly to be rebuilt and trained on U.S content by the U.S arms of the platform.
Trump will benefit off the platform with an inflow of Billions with it. Influencers who make a living on tiktok are nervous about the repercussions that could happen. Tiktok contributed 24.2 billion to U.S GDP in 2023 alone and the app supports over 224,00 U.S based jobs.
The TikTok deal would turn Trump allies’ dreams of control into reality
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