@guardian: Almost half of adults under 30 in the US get their news from TikTok, according to the Pew Research Center. But who's going to own this hugely influential app? Donald Trump has signed an executive order outlining the terms of a deal to transfer TikTok to a US owner to let it continue to operate in the country, ending months of legal limbo. Under the plan, US investors will take over the majority of TikTok’s operations and take charge of a licensed copy of the app’s powerful recommendation algorithm. American companies are expected to own about 65% of the US version of the spun-off company, while ByteDance and Chinese investors will own less than 20%. But, critics are concerned that the arrangement would give Trump’s billionaire allies a degree of control over US media that would be vast and unprecedented. “It’s incredibly troubling how quickly media moguls are capturing the information space at a time when there’s a crackdown on speech more broadly,” Emma Briant of Notre Dame University told the Washington Post. As she sees it, they are “grabbing and seeking to control more and more of the infrastructure through which political debate happens”. Watch Guardian US tech editor Blake Montgomery explain, and find out more about how Trump’s TikTok deal would offer allies another lever of media control by heading to the link in bio.

N Ladigue 🇸🇨 :

So it was never about security. Just a billionaire money grab. What's new?

mrlucas :

Let’s make them broke and all uninstall Tik Tok once official!

Viralstory_19 :

We all gonna stop watching tiktok anyways, cause of censorship

Angela :

I’m deleting my account when this occurs

Laplante :

We are all leaving when the deal goes through.

Beverly Y Wellons 💙✨️ :

TikTok will fail when it changes to a MAGA administration app

Harry Singh :

What happens if every tiktok US user delete their accounts?

Pia LaRue :

we should sue these company's for manoploizing pur media

🇹🇷🇺🇸🇵🇭 :

RedNote and what other options My b fellow old Tiktokers ?

Milo&Rory :

How is this legal? Where is Congress!!!!!!!

budda 🍉 :

so we need a new app

End.aid.to.Israel :

boycott TikTok going forward, let's find a different app

User277 :

tiktok will be weaponized

tiki :

How is this even legal? This creates an oligarchy

Army Mom :

How do we stop this?

mooonlightmichie :

Could you let us download this?

Ladybug 🐞 :

I wonder why would China agree to this ? How does it benefit that country ?

Pjma1996 :

When that happens lots of people will be leaving including me

Gamo :

who owns the guardian?

idonthaveanameyet :

Gen Z in Ameirca needs to rise up like in Nepal

No dictators anymore :

US stands for UltraRich Suppression, no more free media

Breezypond :

Deal, it's corporate theft.

I.Am.Miss.Rafiki :

we are RUNNING to bluesky (and some to rednote lol)

Maria Nakayama :

I think the best thing about TikTok is 1. the name is very catchy, suggests the positives of short form, for people who don't have much time, want to get fast content 2. for you page algorithm keeps you hooked.

user927372713 :