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        <title><![CDATA[Oracle confirms deal to become TikTok’s ‘technology provider’ in US]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Software giant Oracle confirmed Monday that it has reached a deal with TikTok parent ByteDance to become the Chinese firm&#8217;s &#8220;trusted technology provider&#8221; in the US.</p><p>The California-based company said Beijing-based ByteDance had submitted the proposed deal to the US Treasury Department over the weekend as it faced a Sept. 20 deadline to dump TikTok&#8217;s American operations.</p><p>&#8220;Oracle has a 40-year track record providing secure, highly performant technology,&#8221; the firm said in a <strong>two-sentence statement</strong> Monday morning after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin revealed that Trump administration officials would review the proposal this week.</p><p>Oracle did not elaborate on its role as a technology partner or disclose any other terms of the deal. But Mnuchin <strong>told CNBC</strong> that it included &#8220;many representations&#8221; from Oracle to address US officials&#8217; national security concerns, which include fears that Americans&#8217; user data could be shared with the Chinese government. TikTok has denied those allegations.</p><p>The deal would also create a separate US-headquartered company called &#8220;TikTok Global&#8221; with 20,000 jobs, Mnuchin said.</p><p>&#8220;They’ve chosen Oracle, we’ll be reviewing it with their technical teams and our technical teams to see if they can make the representations that we need,&#8221; Mnuchin told CNBC.</p><p>The deal will be examined by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States — a panel that reviews foreign business deals in the US — which will then make a recommendation to President Trump, according to Mnuchin.</p><p>But Mnuchin did not say whether the transaction would bring TikTok&#8217;s signature algorithm — which feeds users short videos based on their preferences to keep them hooked — into the US. News reports out of China have indicated that ByteDance <strong>would not include the algorithm</strong> in any sale or divestment deal.</p><p>ByteDance chose Oracle over Microsoft, which was the first to publicly reveal its interest in buying TikTok after President Trump threatened to ban the popular video-sharing app in July.</p><p>Trump <strong>expressed support for Oracle&#8217;s bid</strong> last month, calling it a &#8220;great company&#8221; that &#8220;could handle it.&#8221; Oracle co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison hosted a Trump campaign fundraiser at his California estate in February, and CEO Safra Catz reportedly worked on the president&#8217;s White House transition team.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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