TikTok finalizes deal to avoid US ban, ending a long legal saga

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Jan. 22, 2026, 8 p.m.
Last Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 8 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/22/tiktok-strikes-deal-us-entity/

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TikTok said Thursday that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new U.S. TikTok, concluding a six- year legal saga that saw the app banned by Congress, ensnared in politicking between global superpowers and forced into a 14-hour blackout in...