Trump took action to accelerate the Tiktok agreement in the middle of the ongoing negotiation

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at opening the way for the finalization of agreements involving As Tiktok operations, marking the latest steps in the old story of ownership of application and data security.

The order, signed on Thursday, gave a legal framework for transactions to move forward after months of negotiations between the Tiktok parent company in China, Bytedance, and potential American partners.

Trump said that after the National Security Bill imposed by former President Joe Biden mandated that the social media platform digested American operations or facing disposal in the United States, he spoke with and received an agreement from Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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“I spoke with President XI; we held a good talks,” Trump said during a briefing with reporters. “I told him what we did, and he said, ‘Please.”

According to the order, the US Tiktok operation will form a new board of directors and application source codes, content moderation systems, and recommendation algorithms will be submitted to new owners in the US. Oracle will manage application security operations and supply US Tiktok with computing services in accordance with the provisions of the agreement.

“This is owned by Americans, and very sophisticated Americans,” Trump said during the briefing. “This will be operated by America along the way.”