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TikTok finalizes a historic deal with Oracle and Silver Lake to create a US-controlled entity, narrowly escaping a nationwide ban in America.

The clock has stopped ticking on TikTok’s American nightmare. In a stunning geopolitical maneuver, the video giant has finalized a deal to create a US-controlled entity, effectively dodging a federal ban that threatened to silence 170 million users.
After years of brinkmanship between Washington and Beijing, TikTok announced on Thursday that it has closed the deal to establish a new US subsidiary. The venture, majority-owned by American investors including Oracle and Silver Lake, along with Abu Dhabi’s MGX, puts 80.1% of the company in "friendly" hands. Chinese parent company ByteDance retains a 19.9% minority stake, a compromise that seems to have satisfied US national security hawks.
The deal, often referred to as "Project Texas," is designed to wall off US user data from Chinese influence. All data will now be stored on Oracle’s cloud servers, with strict oversight from a US-approved board of directors.
For the millions of creators—and the Kenyan digital nomads who rely on the US audience—the news is a massive relief. "The uncertainty was killing the creator economy," said social media analyst Jane Mumi. "This deal stabilizes the platform and ensures the ad dollars keep flowing."
TikTok has survived its biggest existential threat yet. By partnering with American tech royalty, it has transformed from a "national security risk" into just another Silicon Valley-backed giant. The dancing, it seems, will go on.
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