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I'm guessing they believe it suggests a reason the current administration is pushing for the sale is to have some control over said algorithms and thus what videos are served, possibly to the benefit of the current administration and their interests.

"The proposed transaction gained the blessing of senior Trump officials, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who saw value in an American company getting access to sophisticated TikTok algorithms that decide what videos users are served."

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That's not how I interpreted it. Pretty sure they were referring to the "sophisticated" part as unlikely. Not saying I agree though. No clue how their algorithms work.