TikTok USA Users Face Outages and Privacy Fears After Oracle-Led $14 Billion Takeover

TikTok users in the USA faced widespread technical outages and algorithm resets following a $14 billion ownership transition to a group including Oracle and Silver Lake.The service disruption occurred as the platform introduced new privacy terms that allow for expanded location tracking and the collection of sensitive personal data.While the company attributed the failures to a data center power outage, uninstalls have spiked by 150 percent as competitors like UpScrolled gain significant popularity.