President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday clearing the way for the sale of TikTok’s American operations to a consortium that includes prominent Trump backers, a move that could resolve years of national security concerns over the Chinese-owned app but also raises new questions about political bias on the platform.

Among the investors are Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan of Fox Corporation, and Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell—a group of Trump allies that some fear could exert their own political influence on the U.S. version of TikTok.

But speaking at the White House signing ceremony, Trump downplayed those concerns and insisted that the newly structured platform would not become an echo chamber for his own politic

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