The China-built algorithm at the heart of the U.S. national security concerns will continue to serve content to Americans, albeit with some kind of oversight and “retraining.”

The deal creates an opportunity for a lot of the people involved to make money.

Whether that makes the deal a good deal or a bad deal probably depends on your views on everything from geopolitics to Wall Street financial practices, but if nothing else, it’s an unusual deal that’s quite different from what many were expecting.

Made in the USA?

Let’s start with the American version of the TikTok app that will be spawned as a result of the deal.