US EditionTikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investor-led venture
The joint venture, led by Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, will control 50% of TikTok's US operations, securing data protection and avoiding a nationwide ban, serving 170 million Americans.
- An internal memo shows TikTok signed agreements with Oracle-led investor group to form TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC effective January 22, 2026.
- Since 2020, pressure from lawmakers and courts and a 2024 bipartisan law required ByteDance Ltd. to divest U.S. TikTok, with the U.S. Supreme Court upholding this legal process.
- The new venture is structured so that the U.S. joint venture will handle data protection and content moderation, with Oracle Corporation overseeing data protection and approval of moderation policies.
- Consequently, over 170 million Americans can continue using TikTok, and Oracle shares surged more than 80%, reaching $277.4 million after-hours.
- Meanwhile, the joint venture will retrain the recommendation algorithm on U.S. data `to ensure the content feed is free from outside manipulation`, while ByteDance retains a stake and Larry Ellison's involvement, as named by Trump, adds political scrutiny.
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