The deal keeps the app available for more than 200 million U.S. users under new data, algorithm, and content safeguards.
The app was due to be banned in the US a year ago if its Chinese owner hadn't sold its business in America.
ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, has finalized a long-anticipated agreement to restructure the app’s U.S.
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The remainder of the TikTok US team — in ecommerce, advertising and marketing — will remain under ByteDance. In early January ...
The White House deal establishing a U.S. unit, separate from its global operations, which are run out of China, ends years of uncertainty about the fate of TikTok, a popular video-sharing platform.
The TikTok deal will allow it to continue operating in the U.S.—but what users see in their feeds could be altered over time.
TikTok avoided a US ban after ByteDance finalized a deal creating a majority American-owned joint venture that gives US investors control.
TikTok and other China-linked apps dominated U.S. app downloads in 2025, defying mounting political pressure, trade ...
The structure aligns with an earlier agreement outlined by TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who had said in December that while a ...