By David Shepardson, Reuters

Photo: AFP / Jaap Arriens

Majority American-owned joint venture will secure data

Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX to hold 15 percent each in TikTok USDS JV

ByteDance retains 19.9 percent ownership

TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, says it has finalised a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture that will secure US data, to avoid a US ban on the short video app used by over 200 million Americans.

The deal announced on Thursday (local time) is a milestone for the social media firm after years of battles that began in August 2020 whe

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