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TikTok just sealed its dramatic U.S. escape from ByteDance control on January 22, handing the reins to American heavyweights like Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX, and Michael Dell's crew in a 14 billion dollar deal that dodged a federal ban, according to CBS News and Fortune. ByteDance clings to a slim 19.9 percent stake while TikTok USDS takes over data on Oracle servers, retrains the algorithm with U.S.-only info, and tweaks content moderation, sparking whispers of licensing fees that could funnel half its profits back to China. Users hit accept-or-bust pop-ups on new terms that day, igniting a privacy firestorm as CBS News reports backlash over precise GPS trackingdown to your apartment floorpreviously off-limitsplus disclosures on everything from sexual orientation and health diagnoses to immigration status, now processed per California privacy law lingo.
Gossip mill churned with deletions surging 150 percent amid outages blamed on a data center blackout, per American Community Media, fueling cries of censorship like California Senator Scott Wieners blocked ICE post and Epstein mentions vanishing, though TikTok swears it was glitches. UVA cybersecurity prof Chris Maurer calls some freakouts overblown since much data collection predates the spinoff, but experts like EPICs Caitriona Fitzgerald warn location grabs are a stark shift ripe for surveillance abuse.
Business buzzed at Sundance the same day when TikTok unveiled Streaming Ads and New Title Launch to lure film fans into subscriptions and tickets via personalized pushes, as Almcorp details, with Smart+ upgrades for granular ad control. Hookle notes small businesses can exhale, posting as usual under the U.S. umbrella. No big public star sightings or Trump tweets lately, but this ownership pivotplus algorithm tweaks per Business of Fashioncould redefine TikToks biographical arc, cementing its American reinvention amid trust tightrope. All verified, no unconfirmed tea here.
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