Looking for more context about TikTok and Project Texas? I've turned this thread into a Techdirt guest post (thanks, @mmasnick!) looking at the thorny and counterintuitive national security implications of siloing off US user data:
Back in August 2020, the Trump White House issued an executive order purporting to ban TikTok, citing national security concerns. The ban ultimately went nowhere — but not before TikTok and Oracle …
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/pull/138
Day early but superb