POLITICS: TikTok Still a US Security Risk, Defamation Suits & Free Speech and Other Commentary

POLITICS: TikTok still a US security risk, defamation suits & free speech and other commentary

From the right: TikTok Still a US Security Risk “Almost everybody in the U.S. government agrees that TikTok represents a serious national security risk” . . . except President Trump, gripes National Review’s Jim Geraghty. The Trump-approved deal to sell the app lets Chinese company ByteDance keep just a 20% stake, but Matt Pottinger & Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies warn the deal “hand-waves away the national securit…

TikTok's Oracle-Led Ownership Deal Closes This Month: Algorithm Changes Are Coming, But Will US Politics Shape Your For You Page?

The landmark transfer of TikTok’s US operations to American investors is set to complete on January 22, 2026—and algorithm retraining is guaranteed under the deal’s terms. For affiliate marketers, the question isn’t whether changes will happen, but how deep they’ll cut. The long-running saga of TikTok’s US future reaches its conclusion this month when a consortium led by Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-based MGX formally takes control of the…