“We would have made significant changes to ensure the service met the highest standards for security, privacy, online safety, and combating disinformation" is an attempt to poison the well against an Oracle deal where they only take over hosting. And MSFT is right to do so. https://twitter.com/_DanielSinclair/status/1305288403303497728

A deal where Oracle takes over hosting without source code and significant operational changes would not address any of the legitimate concerns about TikTok, and the White House accepting such a deal would demonstrate that this exercise was pure grift. https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1284585948538220544

The PRC blocking a sale that would set precedent for its national champions was completely predictable. This is why it is important for the US to think through these difficult areas of internet governance and work with allies instead of playing drunk checkers against Go champs.

/me starts archiving all of the Tweets from politicians talking about all of the dangers of TikTok to build pressure for a deal so we can measure them against the final result.