TikTok and other China-linked apps dominated U.S. app downloads in 2025, defying mounting political pressure, trade restrictions and national security scrutiny.

The U.S. and China have approved a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. business to a consortium of primarily U.S. investors led by Oracle Corp. (NYSE:ORCL) and Silverlake. The transaction concludes a years-long dispute between the social media platform and the two global superpowers over national security concerns.

The owners of TikTok have announced a new U.S.-based entity will take over managing the app in this country. It could mark the end of a yearslong battle over TikTok’s ability to operate in the U.S.

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years.

Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States. Some are choosing to avoid the U.S. altogether.

ByteDance retains algorithms and intellectual property rights and remains the largest single shareholder of the new joint venture TikTok has officially launched a US joint venture tasked with "safeguarding the American content ecosystem",

The years to which former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced in jail over his role in helping former President Yoon Suk Yeol impose Martial law in late 2024.

VCG. Canada's federal court has overturned a government order to close Chinese-owned social media app TikTok's Canadian operations, allowing the short-form video app