Ellison has made plenty of news outside of TikTok of late. He has been pursuing American media giant Warner Brothers Discovery, with a hostile bid against Netflix. And last year, he closed on a deal that puts the Ellison family in charge of another major media company, Paramount. (The BBC is a partner of Paramount’s CBS News.)

The new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been created, and a new US-based algorithm will be put into place, which leave users with the choice to stick around or find an alternative.

TikTok has sucked up countless hours of teenagers’ lives. But it has kept plenty of politicians awake past their bedtime, too. Ever since the short-video app launched nearly a decade ago, Western governments have suspected it of being a tool of the Chinese Communist Party.

Users reported their struggles using social app TikTok days after the company was set up as a majority American-owned joint venture to avoid a US ban.

TikTok Deal Will Keep It Online in the US, but Your Experience of the App Might Change

After years of legal wrangling, geopolitical tension and four deadline extensions, TikTok is finally being transferred to US ownership. Yet beneath the fanfare, China still holds the upper hand – keep