Overview
- TikTok USA said posting and messaging failures stemmed from a weather‑related power outage at a U.S. data‑center partner rather than deliberate suppression.
- The company said messages containing “Epstein” were mistakenly flagged by safety systems and that a fix is being deployed.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a review into possible censorship of anti‑Trump and anti‑ICE content under state law.
- Market data showed U.S. uninstalls rose roughly 130–150% since the ownership change, with alternatives like UpScrolled and Skylight gaining downloads.
- Under the new structure, Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake manage TikTok USA, ByteDance retains a 19.9% stake, the recommendation algorithm is licensed to the U.S. company, and U.S. user data is hosted on Oracle servers.