The Intercept

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Oracle’s government work helped it and Walmart edge out rivals in a bid to control U.S. operations for the Chinese-owned social media company TikTok last year, after the Trump administration ordered TikTok to find a U.S. buyer for its American operations. — PolitiTweet.org

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The proposed deal was driven by concerns that TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company might pass on sensitive user data to Chinese authorities. But in a strange twist, documents show that Oracle has marketed its software’s use by those same authorities. — PolitiTweet.org