President Donald Trump is weighing a controversial proposal that would allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. while its powerful algorithm remains under the control of its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
The Washington Post reports that President Donald Trump is considering a plan to prevent TikTok from being banned in the U.S. that would allow the popular video app’s Chinese owner ByteDance to retain ownership of the critical algorithm powering its content recommendations. The proposal, one of several options being examined by the White House ahead of a Saturday deadline, would have U.S. investors increase their stake in TikTok while ByteDance continues to control the algorithm through a leasing arrangement.
The algorithm has been at the heart of national security concerns over TikTok, with critics
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