Rebuilding TikTok’s Algorithm in America

Instead of a simple sale or ban, the deal would copy TikTok’s recommendation system, audit its source code, and retrain it using only US user data under US‑based operations. Oracle would police the system and a US investor joint venture would oversee it, creating a national 'fork' of a global platform. — This normalizes algorithmic sovereignty—governments forcing localized, audited versions of foreign platforms—which could reshape tech regulation, speech norms, and US–China digital relations.