US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says

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By Auzinea Bacon, Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday. “We are 100% confident that a deal is done. Now that deal just needs to be signed, and the president’s team is working with their Chinese counterparts to do just that,” Leavitt said on Fox News. She added that the deal will likely be signed “in the coming days,” adding that data and privacy for the app in the United States will be led...