TIKTOK owner picks Oracle. Soft, as US, tech partner by Matt O'Brien and Tally Arbel. The owner of TIKTOK has chosen oracle over Microsoft as the American tech partner that could help keep the popular video sharing up running in the US according to a person familiar with the deal who was not authorized to speak publicly about it. President Donald Trump administration has threatened to ban Tiktok by September twentieth and ordered owner bite dance to sell its US business claiming national security risks due to its Chinese ownership. The government worries about user data being funneled to Chinese authorities. TIKTOK denies it is a national security risk and is suing to stop the administration from enacting the threatened. Ban. TIKTOK denies it is a national security risk and is suing to stop the administration from enacting the threatened Ban Tiktok and the White House declined to comment on day. Oracle didn't return a request for comment but has previously declined comment. Walmart's which had planned to partner with Microsoft on the acquisition said Sunday. It continues to have an interest in a tiktok investment and talking about it with bite dance and other parties. Much remains unclear about the proposed deal with Oracle including whether it will only cover talks US business and so how it will be split from the rest of Tiktok media platform, which is popular worldwide by