“Tek Tok” between Washington and Beijing .. the story of a conflict that falls

While the curtain is on one of the most exciting technical issues in the last decade, the story of ‘Tech Talk’ remains a witness to a larger struggle than just applying short videos. At the heart of this controversy, Washington and Beijing stood face to face, as the dispute exceeded the boundaries of technology to broader interests related to economic domination, cyber security and global cultural influence, and this dispute lasted years until the US Treasury Secretary Scott announced yesterday that an “initial framework for the US control” under US Control. How to start this conflict and what are the most important stations that shed the following rules light. What are the seeds of the safety conflict over “Tok Tok”? According to a report published by “Bloomberg”, the roots of the American Chinese safety conflict on the application are concentrated in concerns associated with data, political influence and algorithms. The US authorities are on the issue of the Chinese government’s access to user data as a direct threat to national security. The Intelligence Act in China provides for the possibility of forcing private businesses to work with state agencies on safety issues, which causes the concerns of Washington to cause millions of Americans to be vulnerable to viewing or transport by the parent company “Bayte Dance”. According to Bloomberg, US concerns are not limited to the issue of protecting user data, but rather to the mechanism to recommend the content managed by the application. US officials believe that the “Tik -talk” algorithm can be used to influence political discussions or even in the election, by controlling the nature of the content that users see in the United States. The stages of US -Chinese conflict over ‘Tok Tok’ more than two years ago, the ‘Tik Talk’ application turned into an axis of a safety and legal conflict in the United States, and here are 8 phases that make clear how the confrontation between Washington and ‘Byte Dance’ to the latest judicial and executive decisions: US Security and Intelligence have begun with the Warnier that the users data has started to use the user data with user data that the user data at the user data started. Tek Tok can be vulnerable to the Chinese government by the parent company “Byte Dance”. This concern places the application under the microscope of Congress, which considers it a possible threat to national security. Also read: Madrid keeps us -Chinese talk about trade and tick -to launch legislation in congress (2024): On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a draft law that compelled ‘byte’ to sell ‘typing talk’ or face the full ban in the United States. Voting is a rare consensus between the two parties about the seriousness of the application. Biden Signature of Law (2024): On April 24, 2024, former President Joe Biden signed the US Protection Act of applications under the control of foreign opponents “Pafaca”, to formally enter the implementation. This legislation has set a specific period before ‘Aas dance’ to find a local buyer or face the ban. Judicial Battle (May – December 2024): Tik Talk did not surrender, as she and ‘byte dance’ have filed lawsuits to question the constitutionality of the law, considering that it limits the freedom of expression. In December 2024, however, a federal appeal court rejected their request to stop implementation. The confrontation in the Supreme Court (January 2025): On January 10, 2025, the US Supreme Court heard the case, which developed the freedom of expression to confront national security considerations. The plea sitting attracted widespread attention as legal and political testing. The decisive decision (January 17, 2025): After one week, the Supreme Court issued its historical ruling to support the law, which confirmed the constitutional confirmation and gave the US administration the green light to set up sale or continuation in the ban. The decision was considered a victory for the security movement in Washington. The stage of implementation and postponement (January 2025 and beyond): With the approaching date on January 19, 2025, “Tek Tok” threatened to stop the application in the United States if the US legislative and procedural position on the implementation of the law is not clear. This warning comes in the absence of a clear official command of the White House. Later, the new US administration received additional vulnerability through executive orders to avoid immediate closing. Solution of the crisis (September 2025): A preliminary agreement that enables the continued application of the ‘Asset Dance’ Company ‘Asset Dance in the United States. Time of forced sales agreements for ‘Talk Talk’: From 2020 to 2025 forced sales efforts to implement multiple under US pressure, but the transactions were captured by political differences and Chinese objections, along with customs duties, and this timeline, which is exclusively from reports “Bloomberg” and “Reuters”. And the objections I faced. 2020: Presentations of “Microsoft”, “Walmart”, “Oracle” in the summer of 2020, large companies such as “Microsoft”, “Walmart” and “Oracle” and Oracle were entered into a race to get US operations for “Tik Talk”. An alliance led by ‘Oracle’ renews the attempt to obtain ‘Tik Talk’ America … Details Here and in September, President Donald Trump announced his initial approval of an agreement led by ‘Oracle’ with the participation of ‘Walmart’, but it was not completed under the pressure of politics and legislative controversy. Trump said at the time, “I got my blessing for the agreement if it was implemented as it was presented to me.” 2021: The Biden Administration is associated with the agreement with Joe Biden’s assumption. The new administration decided to review the file again. In February 2021, the ‘Oracle’ and ‘Walmart’ agreement were suspended, which frozen the negotiations and returned ‘Tick -Tok’ to the security follow -up division instead of commercial acquisition. “We will not make hasty decisions about Tok until we have completed a comprehensive security review,” said the Biden Administration official. 2025: New attempts at the approval of the law following the approval of the US law that obliged “byte” to sell “Tik Talk” or face the embargo appeared in early 2025 attempts to form a US coalition to obtain local operations. Blackstone joined ‘Susquhanna International Group’ and ‘General Atlantic’ to persuade US authorities that control would be completely American. RABI 2025: Beijing objected to the agreement in terms of technology law in April 2025, the Chinese Ministry of Trade announced that any agreement to sell ‘Tok’ is subject to a government review under the execution of technology exports. Beijing emphasized that basic algorithms and intellectual ownership cannot be transferred abroad without official approval, and that American pressure is described as ‘coercion’ which is contrary to the market base. You may be interested in: Trump: China’s objections to the fees have hampered the sale of ‘technical talk’ and a ministry spokeswoman said: “China will take all necessary measures to protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese businesses.” July 2025: On July 18, 2025, Blackstone withdrew and withdrew from the group of investors who tried to acquire an interest in the US Tech Talk. The withdrawal came as a result of political pressure and the increase of legislative uncertainty, which caused a serious blow in the efforts of the agreement. Summer 2025: Beijing objected to customs duties in July and August 2025, and Beijing linked any “Tech Tech Tech” agreement to review the US Customs duties, considering that the imposition is impeding negotiations. “China does not want to complete the agreement as a result of the fees,” Trump said, while the Chinese Foreign Ministry replied that “Washington used economic instruments for political purposes.” What is the “Project Texas” initiative? Do you form part of the initial frame of the agreement? The ‘Project Texas’ initiative in partnership with ‘Oracle’ in an effort to secure US authorities by isolating user data in the United States and creating a local operating arm called USDs directly to US control. You may also be interested in: Report: Trump is preparing to announce the establishment of the Project “Tech Talk” project, aims to reduce any possible access of “byte dance” data, and contains safety and operational audits run by a third party. However, this plan did not end the controversy over the issue of algorithm and the final control of the platform. However, it is still to see if the final agreement will include after Trump’s summit and something to use it or something nearby. What are the most important items of the agreement? The items are not yet known, but with the end of the talks in Madrid, the US Treasury Secretary emphasized that Pesent emphasized that the conditions for the application of the application in the next phase in the United States are still unclear, but that they will be under US control -according to him. He added that President Donald Trump will talk to peers e Chinese Xi Jinping next Friday to complete the details of the agreement, and Trump returned and confirmed the same thing in a tweet on his official page on the “Truth Social” platform, in a move described as the most advanced since the start of the crisis, and as it remains for wider political and trade. Trump has announced that he has already set a buyer of American operations for ‘Tok’, which describes the buyer as ‘an alliance of many wealthy people’, without revealing his name.

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