@HI_Greens No. But, TikTok US was sold to Larry #Ellison, who owns #Oracle, which owns the whole #Java language ecosystem.

If Ellison has gone full #Fascist (which I could believe), then there are a lot of software systems we're going to have to think carefully about using. I mean, all my Java stuff now is on OpenJDK, but how insulated is that really from intellectual property which Ellison controls?

#Americans are pissed at #CBS #60Minutes but do they realize #Fox has been doing this to them for decades & they still watch Fox.

#BariWeiss #Murdoch #Ellison
#Disney #Paramount

Just watched the first full 60 Minutes segment I've seen since I was a kid fifty years ago.

Save an offline copy.

https://ia801703.us.archive.org/32/items/60minutes-cecotsegment/60minutesCECOTsegment.ia.mp4

#CECOT #60Minutes #CBS #Trump #ICE #Ellison

Paramount renueva su ofrecimiento por Warner Bros, asegurando un respaldo de Larry Ellison de 40.000 millones de dólares – ButterWord

It's the latest attempt by one major Hollywood superpower to acquire another.

ButterWord
Ellison garantisce 40 miliardi: Paramount sfida Warner

Larry Ellison interviene con una garanzia personale da 40 miliardi per l'offerta ostile su Warner Bros. Discovery Larry Ellison, fondatore di Oracle, ha offerto una garanzia person

Notizie Buzz!
CBS gehört seit kurzem zum Imperium von #Trump -Buddy Larry #Ellison. Der hat eine rechte Chefredakteurin eingesetzt. Die killt jetzt unliebsame Berichte. Das sind dieselben Leute, die in Europa #FreeSpeech für Nazis fordern. #Pressefreiheit

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3mak2pg3pms2s

The “enshittification” intensifies!

“Who is the Pro-Israel Clique behind TikTok’s US Takeover? – Analysis”

by Romana Rubeo in The Palestine Chronicle

@palestine
@Palestine
@palestine@lemmy.ml

“TikTok’s US sale places the platform under the control of investors with deep pro-Israel political ties, raising concerns over influence, speech, and content moderation”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/who-is-the-pro-israel-clique-behind-tiktoks-us-takeover-analysis/

#Press #US #TikTok #Takeover #Oracle #Ellison #IDF #ProIsrael #Genocide #Gaza #Narrative #Algorithm #Censorship

Larry #Ellison, of #Oracle fame and loud pro Israel proponent, just bought #TikTok. Well, him and some other billionaire buddies.

As of December 19, 2025, TikTok announced it had signed a deal to spin off 80% of its U.S. assets to a group of American and global investors, with Oracle being one of the key players. Oracle, along with private equity firm #SilverLake and #MGX (an AI-focused investment firm backed by the government of Abu Dhabi), will each hold a 15% stake in the new joint venture, collectively owning 45% of the U.S. entity.

TikTok recently hired Israeli Defense Forces instructor Erica Mindel as content supervisor. She’s now in charge of censoring anything the IDF thinks is antisemitic, ya know like being Palestinian, or Lebanese or Syrian, or Egyptian or Persian, or whomever the IDF wants to bomb today.

China owning TikTok was a security risk, but the IDF controlling a propaganda channel? No problem!

Thankfully, we have the fediverse.

#TikTok Finally Strikes a Deal to Be Taken Over by Trump Allies. I'm not on TikTok, but this seems to not particularly be a better thing than #China controlling the app. I don't trust #Oracle's #Ellison to be on my side. #SilverLake and #AbuDhabi -- not exactly my choice to control such a popular platform.

https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-finally-strikes-deal-to-be-taken-over-by-trump-allies-2000701805

TikTok Finally Strikes a Deal to Be Taken Over by Trump Allies

A new U.S.-based joint venture would keep TikTok online while handing oversight of its algorithm and data security to some of America’s wealthiest investors.

Gizmodo