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Is Oracle Biting Off More TikTok Than it Can Chew?

New details about a way Oracle envisions managing TikTok user data and rewriting the app, and how TikTok’s technology actually operates, underscore how hard it could be for Oracle to separate the app from its Chinese owner.

At the same time, Oracle has held preliminary discussions with the U.K. government about protecting TikTok’s user data in that country, similar to its plan in ...