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By Ingrid Vasquez Published on June 1, 2026 08:07PM EDT

Control of TikTok in the US has just been given over to Oracle, a major tech company known for its closeness with the Trump administration. Today on Jan 22, 2026, the privacy policy and terms of service for using the app changed. You are not able to open the app unless you click “agree” on a new pop up, but they do not lay out what you are agreeing to. I took the liberty of reading the new tos and privacy policy and it is FUCKED.

DO NOT AGREE TO THEIR NEW TERMS OF SERVICE!!!

I am not done reading yet but I had to make a disclaimer right now because what I have read so far is so disturbing. I will make a full update once I have finished reading it all but so far some of the biggest things that have stuck out to me are

They have a whole section about medical data they are collecting. They are collecting data from videos, comments, and private messages posted as well as IDENTIFYING THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND OF VIDEOS AND BODILY CUES that may indicate physical or mental illness

They are also using the same method of scanning videos (both posted and unposted), CAMERA ROLL, messages, and comments for a variety of things including INDICATION OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. They specifically say they are collecting “sensitive information” such as ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER (they specifically mention trans and nonbinary individuals), and IMMIGRATION STATUS.

They note that not only will this information be used for marketing and analytics (meaning they will sell it to other companies), it will also be used for legal activities, most likely meaning that, as many of us feared, they will be sharing all of this readily with the government

as the year ends, I want to thank all of you once more for the care and support you've shown to my friend Amal ( @amal-ashour-new ), her brother-in-law Fahed ( @fahedshehab-new, @danashehab ), and the rest of their family as they work to survive and rebuild after enduring more than two years of genocide. more than anything, the contributions of people like you bring the Ashour and Shehab families hope amid the ongoing circumstances of deprivation and hardship they face every day. I inexpressibly grateful to each of you who have pitched in with your funds, time, energy, and resources to help Amal and her loved ones; you have truly made a difference.

unfortunately, the future is still precarious. Amal has a newborn daughter, Mina, to care for amid the harsh winter cold, her husband Mo'tasem is injured and in pain, and 12 people in total are depending on the campaign for survival.

Amal's current hope is to rent a house for the winter to protect Mina as much as possible from the threat of exposure. although the family was able to successfully persuade their prospective landlord to lower the monthly rent from $1,500 to $1,300 USD, he is asking for three months' rent in advance, which means that in order to secure stable shelter for herself and her family for the next three months, Amal needs to raise about $4,000 USD.

this is a large amount to raise, but with your help, I know it's possible. you've stood by Amal for a long time—please don't forget her now, when she needs our solidarity more than ever. if you don't seek it out, you may not be encountering as much news about Gaza as you were this time last year, but conditions are only worsening and growing more unlivable. it is of dire necessity that Amal and her family raise the funds they need to get through this winter: at this point, it is survival, Mina's and everyone else's, that is on the line.

if you are reaching the end of this year with funds to spare, please consider contributing a dollar or two to the Ashour and Shehab families' campaign and helping to keep 12+ people warm and fed! no effort, monetary or otherwise, is insignificant in reaching this goal.

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