January 25, 2026
The TikTok application announced a strategic agreement aimed at ensuring its survival in the United States and avoiding a possible ban, by establishing a joint company that will manage all operations of the famous social video application within American territory.
The agreement puts an end to a long-running legal and political battle over the app’s future in the United States, a crisis dating back to President Donald Trump’s term.
Under this new partnership, management of the application will transfer to “Tiktok USDS Joint Venture LLC,” which is the entity responsible for managing “Tik Tok” in the United States. Adam Presser, who previously served as chief operating officer and led TikTok’s efforts to ensure the security of American users’ data, will serve as CEO. While Xu Zhu, CEO of International Operations at TikTok, will join the board of directors of the joint venture.
The company confirmed in an official statement that “the mission of the joint TikTok USDS project is to secure the data of American users and their applications, and to protect the application algorithm through comprehensive data protection and cybersecurity measures.”
The company also explained that the project will work to protect app content in the United States through strong trust, security, and content monitoring policies, while ensuring ongoing accountability through transparency reports and certifications from third parties.
The project includes three main investors: Silver Lake, Oracle, and MGX, each of which holds a 15% stake. In addition, Oracle will be responsible for protecting the data of users in the United States, as well as protecting the newly developed algorithm specifically for the American version of the application. (Erm News)
