{"id":9519,"date":"2025-10-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:56:26","slug":"pirate-news-what-did-trump-give-to-get-his-tiktok-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/06\/pirate-news-what-did-trump-give-to-get-his-tiktok-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate News: What did Trump give to get his TikTok deal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steve and James discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackresponsecambridge.com\/\">The Black Response&#8217;s<\/a> excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/03\/abolition-and-alternatives-conference-aac-starts-today\/\">Abolition and Alternatives Conference<\/a> this weekend and Trump&#8217;s TikTok deal and what it could mean. We also discussed ICE and other TLAs attacking an apartment building in Chicago in the middle of the night where they seized and abused the people who lived in it. Finally, we followed up on HorizonMass\/BINJ&#8217;s reporting on the Boston Police Department&#8217;s use of drones at two public events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I-w5-TZR6v4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/event\/boston-anarchist-bookfair\/\">Join us at the Boston Anarchist Bookfair Nov. 1-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/profile\/create?gid=16&amp;reset=1\">Sign up to our newsletter to get notified of new events<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/forms\/support-the-pirate-party\">volunteer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Join us on<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Mastodon<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/masspirates\">Facebook<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/masspirates.bsky.social\">Blue Sky<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masspirates\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/2025_Administrative_Coup_Memory_Bank\">Our Administrative Coup Memory Bank<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/Things_to_Do_When_Fascists_are_Taking_Over\">Our Things to Do when Fascists are Taking Over<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some links we mentioned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/05\/the-gops-government-shutdown\/\">The GOP&#8217;s Government Shutdown<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/03\/abolition-and-alternatives-conference-aac-starts-today\/\">Abolition and Alternatives Conference (AAC) Starts Today<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/tech\/tiktok-sale-oracle-algorithm\">TikTok\u2019s algorithm will be overseen by Oracle in the US after the sale is completed<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2025-09-17\/tiktok-buyers-to-include-oracle-silver-lake-and-andreessen\">TikTok\u2019s U.S. operations may be bought by Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake and others<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2025\/09\/30\/trump-makes-it-very-clear-theyre-going-to-turn-tiktok-into-a-right-wing-propaganda-machine\/\">Trump Makes It Very Clear They\u2019re Going To Turn TikTok Into A Right Wing Propaganda Machine<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/power\/2025-09-29-why-do-we-assume-trumptok-will-succeed\/\">Why Do We Assume TrumpTok Will Succeed?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2025\/10\/03\/chicago-and-the-end-of-american-liberty\/\">Chicago And The End Of American Liberty<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horizonmass.news\/2025\/10\/02\/boston-police-deployed-71-drone-flights-over-caribbean-carnival\/\">Boston Police Deployed 71 Drone Flights Over Caribbean Carnival<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horizonmass.news\/2025\/09\/10\/did-the-bpd-fly-a-surveillance-drone-over-the-dominican-parade-they-wont-tell-us\/\">Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade? They Won\u2019t Tell Us<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Image Credit: Fair use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/tiktokbrandhub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">logo<\/a> for commentary on news about the company. 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