This highlighted phrase below is all that matters. As long as ByteDance controls the algorithm, TikTok is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
If this reporting is accurate, then the pending deal is illegal and unsafe.
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Charles Gasparino
@CGasparino
SCOOP: @JDVance and investor group eying next week to announce @tiktok_us deal to prevent April 5 ban of popular app over espionage concerns; announcement likely to include a grace period to put finishing touches on deal designed to keep TikTok ban law from taking effect; GOP
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