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Why Is a Direct Pro-israel Tilt of TikTok Hard to Pin on Oracle's 15% Stake?
Oracle owns 15% of TikTok. The stake is no larger than the stake held by Silverlake or by Andreessen Horowitz. ByteDance keeps a huge stake. Oracle is extremely defensive about any suggestion that Oracle influences the algorithm. The guest says it would be pretty difficult to move the algorithm so that it directly surfaces pro-Israel content.
Larry is close to Netanyahu. The day after the deal was signed, Netanyahu told influencers that social media is the number one tool and that TikTok is the most important thing to pay attention to. Larry is close to people who believe TikTok is a valuable weapon in propaganda wars Israel is focused on.
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