This is a genuine question, I am not trolling.
Nothing I've heard so far makes any business sense.
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All i am seeing right now on tiktok are videos that make israel look great and america look stupid and falling apart.
@a5 and why should a company interfere in geo politics ?
Because, TikTok was allowing open criticism of that country for which no criticism is tolerated; whose leadership is viewed by the youth as genocidal maniacs. So, L.E. put a stop to all that free speech and implemented the usual censorship controls.
To get TikTok to run on OCI?
Geopolitical reasons, and it's a good decision.
Get your facts straight: Oracle is a major investor in TikTok, it did not fully buy it. Oracle strengthens its position in cloud services and data analytics while supporting a high profile client on its infrastructure. But it was done more for geopolitical pressure than a traditional acquisition.