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bid for Chinese language-owned video-sharing app TikTok has prompted considerations inside the Trump administration that it nonetheless poses nationwide safety dangers, in keeping with a Bloomberg report late Wednesday. Discussions for a deal proceed between the administration, Oracle, and TikTok, unnamed sources advised Bloomberg. ByteDance Ltd., the dad or mum firm of TikTok, would let Oracle assessment TikTok’s supply code and software program to make sure there aren’t any digital backdoors that enable the Chinese language authorities or others to entry the information, in keeping with a Wall Street Journal report. President Trump mentioned he will probably be briefed on the deal on Thursday. Earlier Wednesday, a bunch of Republican senators despatched a letter to the Trump administration outlining their opposition to the proposed deal.
