Trump reveals Murdochs and Dell could potentially take part in TikTok deal

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News Source : Associated Press

News Summary

  • Trump namedropped the 94-year-old Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch, the head of Fox News and News Corp, as part of a group of possible participants in a deal.
  • Trump also said Sunday that tech giant Oracle founder and Chairman Larry Ellison was part of the same group.
  • TikTok is a hugely popular app currently owned by a Chinese company, ByteDance.
  • American officials have warned the algorithm TikTok uses to shape what users see is vulnerable to manipulation by Chinese authorities.
President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell could be part of a deal in which the U.S. will take control of the social video p [+2487 chars]

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