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Donald Trump has revealed that Mogul Media Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch can be part of an agreement where the US will control the Tiktok social media platform.
The US President is also named Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, as a participant who may be in an agreement during an interview with Fox News, owned by Murdochs.
“I think they will be in a group. Some other people. Great people, very prominent people,” Trump said. “And they are also American patriot, you know, they love this country. I think they will do very good jobs.”
Trump said that Larry Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle software companies, was part of the same group. His involvement in potential Tiktok The previous agreement was revealed.
Press Secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday that Oracle will be responsible for application data and security, with Americans will control six of the seven seats for the planned Tiktok Council.
This happened after Trump said he and Xi Jinping China A “very productive call” was held on FridayDiscussing the final approval for the Tiktok agreement, most of which are still unknown.
After being confirmed, the agreement must stop Tiktok so that it is not prohibited in the US after the MPs decided that it raised a security risk of citizens’ data.
Officials warn that the algorithm used by Tiktok is vulnerable to manipulation by Chinese authorities, which can use it to encourage certain content on social media platforms in a way that is difficult to detect.
The congress has ordered an application that was closed to American users in January 2025 if the owner of China Bytedance did not sell his assets in the country – but the ban had been postponed four times by President Trump.
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Trump said on Sunday that he might be “a little prejudiced” about Tiktok, after telling reporters on Friday: “I am not a fan of Tiktok and then I have to use it and then I became a fan and it helped me win the election on the landslide.”
After a call with Mr. XI, Trump said in a social post truth: “We make progress in many very important problems, including trade, Fentanyl, the need to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, and the approval of the Tiktok agreement.”
Trump then told reporters in the White House that Xi had agreed to the agreement, but said it still needed to be signed.
Representatives for Murdochs, Mr. Dell and Mr. Ellison have not commented on potential tiktok agreements.
