By Rita Cook
Correspondent
Texas Metro News
WASHINGTON, DC – So Tik Tok is not going to be banned in the U.S., after all.
However, if you have researched who bought it you will know what it means when I say it will be going dark anyway.
Trump first signed the Executive Order to extend the TikTok enforcement delay beginning on January 20, 2025, extended that on April 4, 2025, June 19, 2025, and this latest EO extending it until December 16, 2025.
“During this period, the Department of Justice shall take no action to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act or impose any penalties against any entity for any noncompliance with the Act, including for distributing, maintaining, or updating (or enabling the distribution, maintenance, or updating of) any foreign adversary controlled application as defined in the Act,” the EO read.
It was also noted that even after the expiration of the above-specified period, the Department of Justice shall not take any action to enforce the Act or impose any penalties against any entity for any conduct that occurred during the above-specified period or any period prior to the issuance of this order, including the period from January 19, 2025.
The last big push regarding the proposal to save the social media platform was that United States investments would need to be involved for a save.
Those U.S. investor’s names were released recently taking about 80% in TikTok, with Chinese shareholders retaining the remainder.
The investors from the U.S. are Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz and Silver Lake, according to one report. The group will be operated by a majority-US board of six members, with one member appointed by the Trump administration with only one board member not from a U.S. entity.
Put all that together with the government having its hands all over the free-speech social media platform, alongside Oracle being part of the mix, and the platform has technically gone dark. That is unless you want a physic reading, want to buy anti-aging cream or want to drink in the latest U.S. propaganda since most Americans are on to mainstream media these days.
For those not familiar with Oracle, do your research on Larry Ellison. He is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle, owns roughly 40%. This month he also became the second person ever worth more than $400 billion, thanks to a boom in AI-driven Oracle’s stock price.
According to one news source Ellison’s company has been doing business with TikTok anyway. In 2020 Oracle began hosting TikTok’s US data.
And, just for clarification regarding AI (since Oracle is AI-driven after all) my Google explained to me a propaganda-driven explanation of the sale stating, “As of September 2025, Oracle is a key investor in a U.S.-led consortium that is buying a controlling 80% stake in TikTok’s American business to resolve national security concerns.”
My point, the national security concerns have been an ongoing psyop that worked. Now instead of “China” as the enemy, you should note the national security concerns have been turned inwards to our own propaganda machines inside the U.S.
Of course, a senior White House official told CNN regarding the sale “Any details of the TikTok framework are pure speculation unless they are announced by this administration.”
Rita Cook is a world traveler and writer/editor who specializes in writing on travel, auto, crime and politics. A correspondent for Texas Metro News, she has published 11 books and has also produced low-budget films.
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