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TikTok Came Back With a Thank-You Screen Before Anyone Proved the Algorithm Changed Hands
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January 19, 2025
TikTok Came Back With a Thank-You Screen Before Anyone Proved the Algorithm Changed Hands
TikTok's welcome-back screen thanked a political stay. The later joint venture left ByteDance with 19.9 percent, a licensed algorithm, and the advertising business.
TikTok Went Dark in the United States and Showed What a Sale-or-Ban Law Does to a Phone
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January 19, 2025
TikTok Went Dark in the United States and Showed What a Sale-or-Ban Law Does to a Phone
TikTok, Lemon8, and CapCut went dark in January 2025 before a joint venture rewrote the letterhead. The shutdown screen was the law, not a glitch.
TikTok Kept the Feed After the Supreme Court Because ByteDance Licensed the Algorithm and Sold the Cap Table
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January 10, 2025
TikTok Kept the Feed After the Supreme Court Because ByteDance Licensed the Algorithm and Sold the Cap Table
The Supreme Court upheld TikTok's sale-or-ban law. ByteDance later kept 19.9 percent and licensed the algorithm to a U.S. joint venture.