After briefly going dark in the US to comply with a divestment-or-ban law targeting ByteDance that took effect on January 19, TikTok quickly came back online. It eventually reappeared on the App Store and Google Play as negotiations between the US and China continued and Donald Trump continued to sign extensions directing officials not to enforce the law’s penalties.
Finally, in mid-December, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told employees that an agreement has been signed to form TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which includes Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX as part owners, and the deal is expected to close on January 22, 2026. Their letter said that for users in the US, the new joint venture will oversee data protection, the security of a newly-retrained algorithm, content moderation and the deployment of US apps and platforms.
Read on for all the latest news on the TikTok ban law in the US.
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