ByteDanceChinese matrix of TikToksold most of its operations this Thursday in USA a non-chinese investors to avoid a prohibition and reduce alleged national security risks.
The new owners, including Oracle, MGX, Silver Lake and the entity of Michael Dellwill control more than 80% of the new entity, ensuring the continuity of the popular application in the United States, according to the parent company.
The operation has been in negotiation for more than a year and ends a legal dispute which lasted six years.
Since 2019, TikTok faced attempts to blockade by legislators, universities, the Army and the White Housein the middle of the technological and trade tension between the US and China. The app had been subject to threats of a ban and a temporary 14-hour blackout.
User campaigns
The sale had been advanced on December 18, 2025 and highlighting that the three entities will have 45% of the shares, while around 33% will be in the hands of subsidiaries of the main investors behind ByteDance, which would maintain control of approximately 18% of the remaining shares.
Users and influencers organized protests and campaigns, during the long legal limbo, to keep the platform active, which has more than 200 million users in the United States, becoming a key terrain of the dispute between both powers.
