Governing TikTok - A US Power Play 🎭

Check out our new analysis published in Tech Policy Press wrapping up the last year of US tech policy shenanigans leading up to the #TikTokdeal that closed last week.
Shout out to Alex for leading this endeavor!

https://techpolicy.press/us-power-play-over-tiktok-did-nothing-to-protect-americans

Say what? I thought the new "owners" of TikTok know how to run a data center - or is this a case of shit happens?

TikTok said a power outage at a U.S. data center on Jan 25‑26 caused "technical issues" with <580K outages/usage issues reported in 24 hours. Users report inability to upload content, and seeing old content in their feeds.

As of today, Jan 27, TikTok says the network has been recovered and they are working with the data center partner to “stabilize” service and fully resolve the major infrastructure issues. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2026/01/27/tiktok-down-not-working-outage-update/88374983007/ #TikTok #TikTokDeal #DataCenterOutage #Outage #ByteDance #DataCenter

TikTok Finalizes Deal With US Investors, Becomes Mostly US-Owned

TikTok finalizes a deal with US investors ahead of the deadline, shifting majority ownership to US entities while Oracle hosts US data and supports moderation.

#mymobprice #TikTokDeal #TikTokUSA #TechNews #SocialMediaUpdates #Oracle

https://mymobprice.com/blog/article/tiktok-finalizes-deal-with-us-investors-becomes-mostly-us-owned-b2521

TikTok Finalises Deal For Its US Operations #socialmedia #tiktok #tiktokdeal

https://www.lowyat.net/2026/379299/tiktok-deal-us/

Thương vụ định hình lại TikTok tại Mỹ đã chính thức hoàn tất với sự thành lập một liên doanh mới. Thỏa thuận này chấm dứt nhiều năm bất ổnǎn trong hoạt động pháp lý tại Mỹ của nền tảng này. Đáng chú ý, giá trị thương vụ được đồn đoán tới với giá khá thấp.

\#TikTok #Mỹ #ThươngVụ #CôngNghệ #US #TikTokDeal #TechNews

https://vietnamnet.vn/thuong-vu-giai-cuu-tiktok-tai-my-chinh-thuc-hoan-tat-2484382.html

Yeah well, guess I'm out ✌🏻

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kqcmjyv4zxfcxzbitkw7z2d6/post/3macdpopo7s26

#TikTokDeal #TikTokBan #TikTok

News Summary: Grammarly Rebrands as Superhuman, OpenAI Faces Class Action, and TikTok Deal Nears Completion

Sometimes tech companies get ideas above their station. But when a glorified spellchecker rebrands itself “Superhuman,” you wonder if it might need to introduce a “you just jumped the shark” alert. That is exactly what…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/grammarly-rebrands-as-superhuman/

#AIcopyright #Grammarlyrebrand #OpenAIclassaction #Superhuman #TikTokdeal