Video sharing platform, Tiktok's American operations will now come under full American control. Tiktok's American operations are being restructured according to the agreement between the US and China. According to this, from the company's administrative decision-making board members to the app's content recommendation technology (algorithm) will also be under American control.
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According to the information given to reporters by White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt, 6 of the 7 members of the "TikTok US Board" will be American citizens in the new structure. This will ensure US influence in the operation of the app and policy decisions, according to a Reuters news report.
In the same way, Tiktok's algorithm will also be controlled by America. Its algorithm is the technique of showing the user one video after another . The American technology company "Oracle" has been entrusted with Tiktok's data management.
TikTok's US users' data will now reside in Oracle's system . The company has officially said that there are currently 170 million users of TikTok in America. No other country's user numbers are disclosed . According to the
agreement, TikTok's parent company ByteDance will no longer own more than 20 percent of the American TikTok unit. The remaining 80 percent will be owned by American investors such as Oracle, Anderson Horowitz and Silver Lake Management.
Trump has claimed to have agreed to such an agreement in a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 11. However, international media reported that China has not yet given any official response.
The issue of surveillance on TikTok was raised during Trump's previous tenure. The Biden government after him issued a law in 2024 and directed that the operation of Tiktok in the US must be operated by an American owner, otherwise it will be banned. Although the deadline has been set for this, Trump has been increasing it . The deadline set by Trump last time is until December of this year.
China's official media have claimed that the agreement is a win-win for both parties. According to Suranjan Tiwari and Asmond Shea at the BBC, ByteDance is refusing to share its unique and most valuable technology algorithm .
China's cyber security regulator is said to have suggested a way to license ByteDance's algorithm and other intellectual property without fully transferring it. Tiktok's algorithm is considered to be very powerful and effective.
