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Evening Standard
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Anna Wise

TikTok finalises deal to remain in US

Scottish PR agency Spey has named 2025’s 10 most influential Scots on TikTok (Alamy/PA) -

TikTok has finalised a deal to keep operating in the US, securing its future in the country after it faced the threat of a nationwide ban.

The popular video-sharing app has established a new majority American-owned joint venture that it says will “operate under defined safeguards that protect national security”.

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