Several reports have been made over the last 24 hours that the Trump administration is addressing security concerns about TikTok through a possible Oracle-led private investment deal.

The joint venture is said to include the Austin-based Oracle and Menlo Park Calif.-based Silver Lake Partners, and could see the participation of billionaires Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell. A White House official told the Associated Press the U.S. administration will not be part of the deal.

On Monday, the administration laid out a timeline that would have Oracle, Silver Lake and other investors take over U.S. operations of the Chinese video platform by early 2026.

In 2024, Congress passed a law that was supposed to ban TikTok from app stores unless its parent company, ByteDance, sold U.S. operations

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