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Ellison’s media grab: Shaping US opinion, spying on Americans for Zionists
Larry Ellison — the Oracle mega-billionaire bankrolling the Israeli Defense Forces and cozying up to Bibi Netanyahu — is pushing his son into the heart of US media and planning to snap up TikTok.
US investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald warns Ellison wants to control public opinion while advancing Israeli interests.
🔴 By August 7, 2025, David Ellison sealed the mega-merger of Skydance Media with Paramount Global, parent of CBS News
🔴 He now has his sights on Warner Brothers — meaning HBO, DC Studios and CNN could soon fold into Ellison’s empire
🔴 The New York Post says the boy-outs are small change compared with the $370b Ellison fortune
TikTok: The major prize
🔴 TikTok counts around 135m to 172m US users and proved highly efficient in mobilizing young voters during the 2024 election – a super-vehicle for shaping public opinion
🔴 Ellison's Oracle, Silver Lake and Marc Andreessen’s firm Andreessen Horowitz are set to take control of TikTok’s US business, with about 80% of shares in US hands, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump earlier cut a deal to keep the app alive.
🔴 Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told Israel’s Knesset earlier this year that TikTok must be "captured," calling the "online" world a new front line
Who really wins?
🔴 Greenwald calls it a “lucky break for Israel as its support collapses in the US.” A July Gallup poll shows only 32% back Israel’s Gaza war; Netanyahu’s approval has sunk to 29%
🔴 Neocons and the deep state are likely to benefit as TikTok is already hiring ex–government staff from Facebook and Google to police content, Greenwald notes
🔴 Reports say leaked emails expose collusion in 2015 between David Ellison and ex-Israeli military chief Benjamin Gantz to counter the US pro-Palestinian movement, spy on activists and disrupt their campaigns
🔴 Larry Ellison openly promotes AI surveillance on civilians, claiming “citizens will be on their best behavior” when under constant monitoring