TikTok is now majority-owned by a group of U.S.-backed investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. The app's former owner, Chinese company ByteDance, retains a ...

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TikTok has been glitching for US users since Sunday, and TikTok’s new US owners finally confirmed the cause: a power outage at a US data center. “Since yesterday we’ve been working to restore our ...

TikTok’s long-awaited U.S. sale closed just last week. And the new American entity is already operating differently. The Culver City, California-based social media platform, which is now owned by ...

President Trump hailed a deal finalized Thursday that will allow TikTok to continue to operate in the US. As part of the agreement, the social video platform company will form a new TikTok US joint ...

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...

TikTok’s future in the US has reached a major milestone today, as the new US-owned spinoff for American users has officially launched. Here’s what that means for TikTok users in the US today, and ...

Congress passed, and the Supreme Court upheld, a 2024 law requiring TikTok’s divestment from ByteDance, or a U.S. ban, making corporate control and algorithm access central national security concerns.

TikTok has secured its future by agreeing to split the US app from the global business. But the deal will spark changes to the app's algorithm. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer.

The TikTok deal is done, and Donald Trump is claiming a win, although it remains unclear if the joint venture he arranged with ByteDance and the Chinese government actually resolves Congress’ national ...

TikTok has closed a deal to spin off parts of its US business in a new joint venture. Oracle and two investment firms, MGX and Silver Lake, will serve as managing investors. ByteDance will hold a ...

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years. The social video platform company signed ...