TikTok deal is done; Trump wants praise while users fear MAGA tweaks
Summary
Ars Technica reports that TikTok's US operation will be governed by a USDS joint venture with ByteDance retaining minority ownership and Americans gaining board control. The deal allows retraining of the TikTok algorithm in the US while ByteDance still owns the core algorithm and certain global functions, raising ongoing national-security questions and congressional scrutiny. The piece also notes potential MAGA-influenced tweaks to content moderation and the risk of operational glitches as data is ported and the algorithm is retrained.