By Denny Jacob


TikTok, a unit of Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., said Friday that 100% of its U.S. user traffic is being routed to Oracle Corp.'s cloud infrastructure.

The social media platform said it still uses data centers in the U.S. and Singapore for backup, but that it expects to delete U.S. users' private data from its own data centers and fully pivot to Oracle's cloud servers located in the U.S.

TikTok said it has worked with business-software giant Oracle on measures as part of its commercial relationship to safeguard U.S. user data for more than a year. It also said it is working with Oracle to develop data management protocols that Oracle will audit and manage.

TikTok said the changes, including a new, recently established department that solely manages U.S. user data, is part of its focus on preserving an interconnected experience for its community while building a security-first culture.


Write to Denny Jacob at denny.jacob@wsj.com


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06-17-22 1238ET