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Will this deal turn US TikTok into a propaganda tool for the Trump administration? Probably, yes. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/tiktok-deal-oracle-bytedance-china-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.k_AA.rNjpdy5oNvN9&smid=url-share
The New York Times
TikTok Strikes Deal to Create New U.S. Entity and Loosen App’s Ties to ChinaThe Chinese parent company of the popular video app said a group of non-Chinese investors would create an American TikTok to avoid a federal ban.
- I wonder how easy it'll be to get or join the "international" version of the app.
this raises so many questions and answers almost none
The Chinese version of TikTok has always been separate. The version of TikTok we use in the US is the same version all other countries in the world use, so there’s not a Chinese version and a US version, there’s a Chinese domestic version and an international/global version.
So the question is, does this lead to three versions (Chinese, US, rest of world), or two, but where the US takes over the global/international version that everyone but China uses?
This article doesn’t even distinguish. It makes the situation more muddy than it was before I read it.
