Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

---

The US Congress passed a bipartisan law in 2024 requiring TikTok to break from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban. Instead, a new US joint venture was established, with ByteDance retaining a minority stake.
In this explainer, ASPI Senior Analyst Fergus Ryan examines what has changed, what hasn't, and whether the deal addresses the original national security and data privacy concerns that prompted the legislation.