Checked reel · 26 Oct 2026
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison led an American investor group to acquire TikTok's US operations after a law passed by Congress. Ellison and Palantir CEO Alex Karp are both US citizens, not Israeli citizens. While Ellison supports pro-Israel causes, Israel itself did not buy the app. The surveillance claim is also completely fabricated. Palantir signed a $250 million AI research contract with the US Army, not a $250 billion deal to spy on all Americans.
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