Comment on TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after years-long saga

• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Maybe I’m ootl, is it confirmed somewhere that will be the case?

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  • finitebanjo@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The current plan would be for ByteDance to create a duplicate copy of the TikTok algorithm, which then would be leased to a new joint venture controlled by a U.S. investor group led by Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake, and Oracle.

    Jokes aside, Andreessen Horowitz and Oracle are the aforementioned cloud service providers. Using them was the compromise China came up as opposed to otherwise having to centralizing on US shores. Until I’m proven otherwise after it’s online, China will still have full access and control over the systems, still harvesting and compromising sensitive data to send to Beijing and still manipulating a huge portion of Americans.

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    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I found this: lawfaremedia.org/…/has-tiktok-implemented-project…

      USDS will house TikTok teams that access U.S. user data, access TikTok’s software code and back-end systems, or moderate content on the platform. By design, it will replicate several of the core functions of TikTok’s global business. For instance, it will have a separate human resources team that will be responsible for hiring and managing U.S. personnel. Additional teams housed in USDS will include engineering, user and product operations, privacy operations, trust and safety, legal, threat detection and response, and security risk and compliance.

      Oracle Cloud will host the TikTok platform in the United States, including the algorithm and the content moderation functions. It will be responsible for monitoring data flowing into USDS and out of USDS to ensure that no data illicitly transits the USDS boundary. All U.S. data traffic will be routed through Oracle Cloud.

      This was from 2023 but has something changed since then to mean it won’t be hosted or run from the US? Is there a reason to think these claims are false or misleading?

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      • finitebanjo@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Things have changed significantly. Congress passed a law banning services from sending or storing data in adversarial nations including Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia. The change from the Biden to the Trump admin lead to Trump declaring the law banning TikTok would not take effect, allowing TikTok to continue operating.

        Which is why I believe this voluntary sale is purely optics and that the data will continue being sent to and stored in Beijing.

        All U.S. data traffic will be routed through Oracle Cloud.

        This means the project will be maintained entirely online on rented and temporary servers.

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