BREAKING: TIKTOK’S “DEAL” IS A DANGEROUS SHAM—AND AMERICA JUST GOT PLAYED.
Forget the ban. The threat is STILL INSIDE YOUR PHONE. A last-minute “deal” has been struck, allowing TikTok to keep operating in the U.S. This isn’t a victory. It’s a shocking surrender that leaves our national security and your private data HANGING BY A THREAD.
[Image: The TikTok app icon on a smartphone screen.]
The platform will form a new U.S. entity with investors like Oracle and Silver Lake. They promise “defined safeguards” on data and algorithms. But look closer: ByteDance, the Chinese owner, KEEPS a 20% stake. China’s law once stated the powerful algorithm driving your For You page MUST remain under Chinese control. Now, ByteDance will simply “license” it to this new venture. This is a loophole, not a solution.
This “deal” only happened because Donald Trump, on his first day back in office, saved the app from a congressionally-mandated ban. He then thanked China’s President Xi for “approving the Deal.” Why is an American president thanking a foreign adversary for a deal about an American platform? WHO BENEFITS HERE?
Adam Presser, a former TikTok insider, will be the new CEO. A board will oversee operations. But the algorithm—the secret brain that shapes what 170 million Americans see—will be “retrained” on U.S. data. This is a technicality. The core technology, the ultimate control, remains entangled with Beijing.
Powerful Wall Street firms and billionaires like Michael Dell are now invested. They get rich while the fundamental risk persists. The Chinese government? DEADLY SILENT. They got exactly what they wanted: access preserved.
They never left. They just got better lawyers.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
