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Podcast: Tech Gumbo
Episode: TikTok’s New Deal And Service Outages, Censorship Allegations, Social Media Addiction Trials
Description: News and Updates:
TikTok Finalizes U.S. Deal: A new majority U.S.-owned entity, TikTok USDS, was formed with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. ByteDance retains under 20% to resolve security concerns.
Massive User Growth: TikTok reported reaching 200 million U.S. users, up from 170 million, despite years of legal threats and a looming federal ban.
Launch Weekend Outages: Shortly after the ownership transfer, TikTok suffered major U.S. outages. The company cited data center power failures, though users remained skeptical of the timing.
Censorship Controversies: Users accused the new entity of suppressing anti-ICE content. TikTok blamed technical glitches...