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Trump's TikTok claims spur questions

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20.09.2025
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Questions swirl around TikTok deal details

President Trump said Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had approved a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. after months of uncertainty about the popular video-sharing app’s future under a 2024 law.

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The Trump administration, however, has offered few specifics about the deal. And the Chinese government appeared less certain about the status of talks Friday, suggesting the president had agreed to support efforts to reach a “proper deal on TikTok.”

Here are the key questions that remain on the TikTok deal:

What role will ByteDance play?

The chief concern behind the push to ban TikTok in the U.S. was the app’s China-based parent company, ByteDance.

Lawmakers argued the platform, used by some 170 million Americans, posed a national security risk, potentially exposing U.S. user data to the Chinese government. They also expressed concerns that Beijing could manipulate users’ feeds in its interest.

Large bipartisan majorities ultimately voted in favor of a bill requiring ByteDance to divest from TikTok or face a ban on U.S. networks and app stores. It was signed into law by former President Biden in April 2024.

Under the law, ByteDance is barred from maintaining an operational relationship with TikTok in order for a divestiture to be approved.

Recent reporting has suggested

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