美國新冠疫情日記 09/15

Tik Tok Will Partner With Oracle

A deal to satisfy the Trump administration’s national security concerns about the short form video App, Tik Tok, was struck when the computer technology giant Oracle joined Tik Tok as its business partner in the United States. The news comes after weeks of speculation about the Chinese app’s future in the United States

President Trump had demanded that the app be sold or else shut down in the United States. The news about the Oracle deal came out after Microsoft announced that it would not buy Tik Tok’s U.S. operation.

Tik Tok has exploded in popularity in western countries and has become the first Chinese social media platform to gain significant market share. It was downloaded 315 million times in the first three month of this year. But Trump said the app posed a threat to national security because it could be used as a spy tool by Beijing. Tik Tok has denied those allegations and said its data centers are located entirely out of China.

Tik Tok’s deal with Oracle is expected to be clarified by the U.S. Commerce Department as to which types of business dealings involving Tik Tok will be prohibited in the country.

In the meantime, the Chinese state media reported that the owner of Tik Tok, ByteDance, would not sell to any U.S. company.

All of the deal must satisfy all regulatory and national security concerns of the United States.

We hope this deal will go through and let hundreds of millions of users continue to enjoy the Tik Tok App.

          甲骨文和抖音初步達成合作

抖音和甲骨文今天達成合作協議將繼續抖音在美國之業務。

川普總統曾經掦言，如果抖音無法在九月十五日前托手，他將把它關閉 ，但是這項合作協議是否可行尚待商務部之審查，顯然微軟早先要購買抖音之意圖並未成功。

抖音近年來在美國及世界各地廣受年輕人欢迎，已經成為當前最流行之軟体之一 ，單就本年度之前三個月在美國就有三億多的下載數量 ，川普政府表示， 抖音之資訊可能會被中國大陸利用，會構成國安問題。

在此同時，中國大陸對於抖音出售給美國公司也有意見，所以協議是否可能達成也是未定之天。

美國總統大選在即，民主共和兩黨為了爭取更多之選民 ，大家都在打中國大陸牌，其中包括對抖音及微信之禁令，但是他們也考慮到抖音是年輕人之愛好，可能也會影響選票。

這埸總統大選是一场前所未見的政治博弈，對於美國及世界未來之情勢必然影響很大， 假如中美關係繼續惡化， 不但會改變世界政治版圖，经濟上之分歧已經在顯現之中。

我們樂見抖音能繼續存在， 它將为千萬的年輕人帶來生活上的樂趣。

(   图片来源： 路透社 )