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Dave LeClair

TikTok has signed deal to create US joint venture and avoid shutdown — what it means for you

TikTok displayed on a smart phone with a USA flag in the background.

It looks like the long saga of whether TikTok owner ByteDance will sell the U.S. portion of its beloved social video app is about to come to a close. A new report claims that ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is ready to divest its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors.

According to Axios, which claims to have seen an internal memo, ByteDance and the American joint venture have a deal signed and ready to go.

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