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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Mark Sweney

TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to avoid US ban

TikTok logo on a mobile phone screen
The agreement to sell TikTok’s US business comes after a long delay. Photograph: Romain Doucelin/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

TikTok has reached a deal to form a joint venture that will allow it to continue operating in the US, five years after Donald Trump threatened to ban the social media platform over privacy and national security concerns, a move that further strained relations with China.

ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, has signed a deal with Larry Ellison’s Oracle, the private-equity group Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX that will allow it to retain control of its core US operations.

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