TikTok Strikes Deal to Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga

David McCabe and Emmett Lindner / nytimes - The Chinese parent company for the popular video app said it had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new American TikTok to avoid a ban in the United States.

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Deal closure: Securing TikTok’s U.S. future.

TikTok Continues Operations in US as New Joint Venture

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Long-Awaited TikTok Agreement Officially Seals Its Future in the US

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TikTok finalizes deal to create new US entity and avoid ban

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TikTok Finalizes Deal to Form New US Joint Venture

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TikTok Finalizes Deal To Form New American Entity

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TikTok Avoids US Ban as Joint Venture Deal Officially Closes

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TikTok closes deal to operate in the US

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TikTok finalizes US joint venture and avoids ban

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TikTok's long-running US saga ends with a deal that averts a ban

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TikTok finalizes a deal to form a new American entity

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TikTok says the deal to create a US entity has been finalized

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TikTok closes deal to split US app from global business. Here's what to know

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TikTok finalizes deal to form new American entity

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That was a long wait, but TikTok US is finally a done deal

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TikTok US Deal Closes After Years Of Regulatory Uncertainty via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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TikTok forms U.S. joint venture, names a CEO

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TikTok Creates Legal Entity to Eventually Maybe Possibly Sell to U.S. Investors (Don’t Call It a Done Deal)

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TikTok Finalizes Deal to Keep Operating in the U.S.

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TikTok finalizes deal for its US entity

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The TikTok deal is done, finally

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TikTok Strikes Deal to Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga

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TikTok closes deal to divest U.S. operations

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China and US Approve TikTok Spinoff Sale

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Investor stakes: Detailing ownership and financial alliances.

TikTok Seals U.S. Joint Venture Deal with 80% American Ownership

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China’s ByteDance Sells Majority Stake in TikTok U.S. Interests to Investor Group Led by Tech Billionaire Larry Ellison

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Oracle (ORCL) Stock: TikTok Partnership Creates New U.S. Joint Venture

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Oracle and Silver Lake lead $14 billion rescue of TikTok US operations

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Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations

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TikTok lands $14B deal to avoid US ban

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Security shakeup: Data control and algorithm adjustments underway.

What does a new US TikTok deal mean for users?

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TikTok US joint venture seen resembling Apple’s China iCloud deal

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TikTok Deal Will Keep It Online in the US, but Your Experience of the App Might Change

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TikTok forms US joint venture, Oracle to control security

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TikTok deal adds new U.S. owners. Heres what this means for users.

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TikTok Finalizes U.S. Joint Venture to Secure App's Operations

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TikTok America is here, but algorithm changes may take time

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The deal ends a six-year long political saga that that started in 2020 when President Donald Trump tried to ban the app over national security concerns during his first term.

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TikTok Finalizes Deal To Form New American Entity https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/23/0817218/tiktok-finalizes-deal-to-form-new-american-entity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

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TikTok Avoids US Ban as Joint Venture Deal Officially Closes

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The new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been created, and a new US-based algorithm will be put into place which leave users with the choice to stick around or find an alternative.

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Succinctly put by @anupamchander.bsky.social: “My worry all along is that we may have traded fears of foreign propaganda for the reality of domestic propaganda" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

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