https://www.semafor.com/article/12/19/2025/tiktoks-deal-to-divest-us-operations-fails-to-satisfy-china-hawks
TikTok’s deal to divest US operations fails to satisfy China hawks | Semafor
Dec 19, 2025 - Critics are taking issue with the fact that the content recommendation algorithm, TikTok’s secret sauce, will be licensed from ByteDance.
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