Biography Flash: Larry Ellison's TikTok Takeover Sparks Censorship Fears and Media Empire Expansion
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Biography Flash: Larry Ellison's TikTok Takeover Sparks Censorship Fears and Media Empire Expansion
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In the past week, Larry Ellison has dominated headlines with his bold media and tech empire moves. Democracy Now reports that Oracle, under Ellison's helm, sealed a blockbuster 14 billion dollar deal as part of an investor group taking control of TikToks U.S. operations, spinning it off from Chinese owner ByteDance amid national security fears—a move Trump championed after Congresss 2024 ban. This cements Ellisons stake in the short-video giant, where Oracle now holds 15 percent and handles key U.S. data centers.
But drama erupted fast. Business Insider details a TikTok outage last Sunday that vanished anti-ICE protest posts about Minneapolis protester Alex Prettis death, sparking censorship cries from Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Chris Murphy, who suspect Trump allies like Ellison tilting the algorithm. TikTok blamed it on an Oracle data center glitch, which Oracle confirmed Tuesday, insisting no foul play—though skeptics note Ellisons pro-Trump ties and past platform biases.
The Times of Israel highlights backlash from pro-Palestinian users fleeing to UpScrolled app, now topping Apple downloads, after the deal with pro-Israel billionaire Ellison. Influencers like Guy Christensen urged the exodus, claiming Zionist control to silence critics, flooding the rival with antisemitic rants.
On the business front, Axios exposes challenges in the Ellisons father-son media push: Paramount, where Larrys the top shareholder, settled a 16 million dollar Trump voter interference suit amid FCC approval for its Skydance merger, drawing accusations of conservative pandering. CBS News retracted a 60 Minutes segment on Trump deportations, fueling editorial firestorms, while David Ellison eyes Warner Bros. Discovery for CNN and HBO—despite WBDs scheme label and Oracle stock woes from AI debt fears.
No fresh public appearances or social media posts from Ellison surfaced, but Cloud Wars recaps his recent fiscal Q2 earnings vision: targeting historys largest AI markets by fusing Oracle databases, cloud, and new AI platforms for secure private data reasoning— a biographical game-changer positioning him as AI overlord.
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