Trump claims a TikTok deal is done. Who would own it, and how would it work?
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Watch: Trump signs executive order approving US-China TikTok deal
President Donald Trump says a deal to find a new owner for social media app TikTok in the United States is done, and has the blessing of China's President Xi Jinping. US politicians passed a law in 2024 banning the app in the country unless it was sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Neither ByteDance nor the Chinese authorities have publicly confirmed the deal.
Why did the US want to ban TikTok?
For years US officials and lawmakers have argued that ByteDance's links to the Chinese government threaten
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