Source: an agreement between ByteDance and Oracle includes creation of an oversight board approved by the US government, and a continuous third-party audit
Regarding Trump's ban of #Wechat and #Tiktok: Welcome to the Great Firewall of America. There are real security issues with these and other apps but Trump's response to the problem has more to do with keeping himself in power than with actually protecting Americans. THREAD 1/5
@amystuddart
Amy Studdart on x
Aside from the fact that it entirely defeats the point of fighting the battle in the first place, we're not going to win the battle for the future by trying to out-China China. https://twitter.com/...
@shanvav
Shannon Vavra on x
I spoke w/ @JimLangevin on the phone today on TikTok/WeChat/Trump ban: “If they have it on their phones & they're not able to update & get security patches, their devices could become very vulnerable to bad actors that want to access data on their phones.” More @CyberScoopNews ht…
@jeffstone500
Jeff Stone on x
Under the guise of protecting national security, White House kneecapped crucial updates to TikTok + WeChat. Here's why the lame duck versions of those apps are dangerous, via @shanvav. https://www.cyberscoop.com/...
@elcalavero
Jan Rydzak on x
Important thread by @rmack. Speaking as someone who has studied #internetshutdowns and social media bans for years, this move feels like the beginning of a new dark age that will radiate worldwide - and a green light for severe human rights abuses by governments. https://twitter.…
@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra on x
Would be 🍿 time if it did happen https://www.theverge.com/...
@stokel
Chris Stokel-Walker on x
My read of the TikTok deal with Oracle as reported by @inafried seems to be that this is more a win for TikTok than it is the US government, in that it's what the company has been largely saying it'd do throughout the CFIUS process https://www.axios.com/...
@pingroma
Zheping Huang on x
Per our DC reporters, the latest TikTok US proposal includes the formation of a national security committee, which would be chaired by a CIFUS point person. Might be a false equivalence but gotta say it reminds me of the Party committee in China Big Tech https://www.bloomberg.com…
@yoda
Drew Olanoff on x
Lord help me if Peter Thiel is on that board. https://twitter.com/...