"When we launched Regulator two months ago, the premise was that I'd write about the collision between Big Tech and Big Government. The key word was collision. Tech and politics no longer existed as separate planets that would occasionally cross paths - they were now crashing into each other in very messy and dramatic ways. The plan was to write a column about one subject a week that talked about a recent tech / politics collision."
"But dear god, there are so many big events that happened over the last week, and it would be remiss of me to ignore any of them. And in fact, the biggest, most newsworthy political events of the past few days were inseparable from The Verge 's core reporting on tech. Here are the ones that have been stuck in my brain for a while..."
"TikTok, #Freedom edition: After several months of delays, there is finally (maybe) a deal in place to bring TikTok to America. The current plan, according to the White House, is to sell US operations to a consortium of Trump-allied investors, including Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch of News Corp, Larry Ellison of Oracle, and Michael Dell of Dell Computing."
Regulator launched two months ago to cover collisions between Big Tech and Big Government. Tech and politics have shifted from occasional interaction to frequent, messy collisions that produce dramatic outcomes. Multiple major events occurred in one week, many of which were closely tied to technology developments. A proposed plan would sell TikTok's US operations to a consortium of Trump-allied investors including Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell. The US government would not take an ownership stake in the transaction. Key unresolved issues include whether the Chinese government will permit the deal to proceed and how regulatory and national-security concerns will be addressed.
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