Here’s What You Should Know About The US TikTok Deal
TikTok US deal closes with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX taking control—here’s how it affects your data and access.
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Here’s What You Should Know About The US TikTok Deal
TikTok US Deal Finalized: What It Means for Users After years of political tug-of-war and looming bans, TikTok’s fate in the United States has finally been sealed. On December 23, 2025, the social media giant officially signed a deal to divest a significant portion of its U.S. operations to a consortium of American investors. The move ends nearly four years of uncertainty for over 170 million American users who feared losing access to their favorite short-form video platform. But what does this deal actually mean for your data, your content, and your ability to keep scrolling? Credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Contributor / Getty Images Why the U.S. Government Targeted TikTok TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, has long faced scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers over national security concerns. Officials worried that user data—including location histories, browsing habits, and even biometric information—could be accessed by the Chinese government under that country’s data laws. Despite multiple re…
