TikTok's future in the United States now appears secure after the US and China approved a deal that allows the popular app to continue operating under new ownership rules.

A year after a federal law effectively ordered TikTok to be sold or banned, the app's US operations have officially moved into a new joint venture backed mainly by American investors.

A White House official confirmed that both governments signed off on the agreement, clearing the biggest hurdle facing the video platform and its 170 million U.S. users.

The law, passed in 2024 and upheld by the Supreme Court, required TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, to cut ties with the app's American business or lose access to US app stores........

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