TikTok started 2025 with a brief ban in the US, but come 2026 and the platform is thriving. A potential deal is in the works that could allow it to permanently continue operations in America – but questions linger.
TikTok last month got a new lease of life amid reports that the social media app owned and operated by Chinese company ByteDance had agreed to sell its US business to three major investors – the UAE's MGX, Oracle and Silver Lake.
Proponents of a deal pushed by the Trump White House say that if finalised, it would satisfy national security co
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