TikTok avoids U.S. ban after ByteDance agrees to investor deal
TikTok may have avoided the guillotine for now. The platform, boasting 2 billion users worldwide, will remain online in the United States after its Chinese parent, ByteDance, agreed to hand control of the app’s U.S. business to an American-led group of investors, Axios reported on Thursday night. The deal is designed to defuse Washington’s long-running national security concerns while stopping short of a full break-up. Under the proposed structure, ByteDance would reduce its ownership to just under 20% ...