U.S. would control TikTok’s board and algorithm under emerging deal with China, White House says
The White House said on Saturday that the Tiktok deal with China will ensure that American companies will control the algorithm that occupies the application of the application of the application and the Americans will carry the majority of the seats in the board of directors of the United States.
The main question about the tension of the rope between Washington and Beijing was whether the famous social video platform will retain its algorithm after the possible disposal of the Chinese mother company.
congress approved legislation calling for a Tiktok prohibition to enter into January, but President Donald Trump has repeatedly signed orders that allowed Tiktok to continue working in the United States as his administration is trying to reach an agreement on the Bytedance to sell its American operations.
White House press secretary Caroline Levit said that the Oracle technology giant will be responsible for the application and security data and that the Americans will control six of the seven seats of the planned council. Oracle did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Saturday in America” one day ago, one day before, the “Saturday in America” team discussed one day before, that the president’s team was working with their Chinese counterparts to do so.
“America will also control the algorithm,” Levit said, as it provides more details on how to crystallize, at least in the eyes of the White House.
Tiktok algorithm feeds what users see on the application. US officials have warned that the algorithm is vulnerable to manipulation by the Chinese authorities, which it can use to form the content on the platform in a manner that is difficult to discover.
Trump said after calling with Xi that American investors had lined up and that the Chinese leader was a “noble man” in this matter. The Republican President was mysterious on the decisive issue about whether China would control the algorithm.
“Everything is going on,” Trump said. “We will have very good control.”
A statement issued by the Chinese government after that phone call did not clarify what something agreed to selling a controlling share by the Chinese parent company in Tijook to avoid the US ban.
Levitt said Trump “realized the need to protect the privacy and data of the Americans while keeping this application also open,” adding that “Tiktok is a vital part of our democratic process.”
A recent poll of the Pew Research Center found that about a third of the Americans said they had a ban on Tiktok, as it decreased from 50 % in March 2023. Almost a third said they would oppose a ban, and a similar percentage said they were not sure.
Among those who said they supported the embargo of the social media platform, about 8 out of 10 concerns were martyred that the security of user data is at risk as a major factor in their decision, according to the report.
Levitte expressed confidence in the completion of the agreement soon. “Now we just need to sign this deal,” she said. “It will happen, I expect, in the coming days.”
2025-09-20 20:16:00
