White House’s TikTok Deal: Does Oracle’s Algorithm Control Truly Protect America?

In a move framed as protecting American national security, the White House has revealed plans for tech giant Oracle to receive and manage TikTok's algorithm for U.S. users. This strategy emerges amid bipartisan concerns that the Chinese-owned ByteDance's control over TikTok poses a threat to data integrity and content manipulation.Is Transferring the Algorithm Enough to Protect Our Sovereignty?At first glance, handing TikTok’s algorithm—a potent tool fueling what millions of Americans see daily—to a trusted U.S. company might seem like a victory in safeguarding our digital borders. But is merely copying and retraining the algorithm on U.S.-based data enough to prevent...