{ "slug": "is-tiktok-getting-banned", "retrievedOn": "2026-09-27", "method": "Web search and page reads of official records and news reports. Each fact lists the source that states it and the source's publication date. Where a fetch was blocked, the fact rests on the search listing of that outlet plus a second outlet reporting the same thing.", "answer": { "asOf": "2026-09-27", "text": "TikTok is not banned in the US. Since 22 January 2026 its US business has been run by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which is majority owned by non-ByteDance investors, and no new ban date exists. A lawsuit filed in March 2026 argues the deal does not satisfy the 2024 law; we found no report of a ruling as of 27 September 2026." }, "facts": [ { "id": "law-signed", "date": "2024-04-24", "claim": "President Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (Public Law 118-50). It barred app stores and hosts from distributing TikTok unless ByteDance carried out a qualified divestiture, with a deadline of 19 January 2025. The law allowed one extension of up to 90 days if a sale was in progress. The House passed the final version 360 to 58 on 20 April 2024.", "sources": [ { "title": "Public Law 118-50", "publisher": "Congress.gov", "date": "2024-04-24", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/118/plaws/publ50/PLAW-118publ50.pdf" }, { "title": "H.R.7521 Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act", "publisher": "Congress.gov", "date": "2024-04-24", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521" } ] }, { "id": "law-algorithm-clause", "date": "2024-04-24", "claim": "The law's definition of a qualified divestiture rules out any operational relationship between the new owner and ByteDance, including cooperation on the content recommendation algorithm.", "sources": [ { "title": "Public Law 118-50, section 2(g)(6)", "publisher": "Congress.gov", "date": "2024-04-24", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/118/plaws/publ50/PLAW-118publ50.pdf" }, { "title": "Public Integrity Project sues Trump, Bondi over TikTok sale", "publisher": "NPR", "date": "2026-03-05", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/g-s1-112605/tiktok-deal-lawsuit-trump-bondi" } ] }, { "id": "dc-circuit", "date": "2024-12-06", "claim": "The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld the law and denied TikTok's challenge.", "sources": [ { "title": "Appeals court upholds TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale", "publisher": "CBS News", "date": "2024-12-06", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-ban-appeals-court-congress/" } ] }, { "id": "scotus", "date": "2025-01-17", "claim": "The Supreme Court upheld the law in TikTok Inc. v. Garland in an unsigned opinion with no dissents.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-656 (opinion)", "publisher": "Supreme Court of the United States", "date": "2025-01-17", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-656_ca7d.pdf" }, { "title": "TikTok Inc. v. Garland: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to TikTok Divestiture Law", "publisher": "Congressional Research Service", "date": "2025-01", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11261" } ] }, { "id": "shutdown", "date": "2025-01-18", "claim": "Late on 18 January 2025 TikTok stopped working for US users, who saw a message that a law banning TikTok had been enacted. Apple and Google removed it from their US app stores.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok says it's restoring service to U.S. users based on Trump's promise after app went dark", "publisher": "PBS NewsHour (AP)", "date": "2025-01-19", "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/americans-lose-access-to-tiktok-as-u-s-ban-takes-effect-and-app-goes-dark" } ] }, { "id": "restored", "date": "2025-01-19", "claim": "TikTok restored US service on 19 January 2025, roughly half a day after going dark, after President-elect Trump said he would pause enforcement by executive order.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok says it's restoring service to U.S. users based on Trump's promise after app went dark", "publisher": "PBS NewsHour (AP)", "date": "2025-01-19", "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/americans-lose-access-to-tiktok-as-u-s-ban-takes-effect-and-app-goes-dark" }, { "title": "TikTok restoring service after Trump vows to delay ban", "publisher": "Axios", "date": "2025-01-19", "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/01/19/trump-tiktok-ban-delay-executive-order" } ] }, { "id": "eo-14166", "date": "2025-01-20", "claim": "Executive Order 14166 told the Justice Department not to enforce the law for 75 days. The order says the President has 'the unique constitutional responsibility for the national security of the United States, the conduct of foreign policy, and other vital executive functions'.", "sources": [ { "title": "Application of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok", "publisher": "The White House", "date": "2025-01-20", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/application-of-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act-to-tiktok/" } ] }, { "id": "app-stores-back", "date": "2025-02-13", "claim": "TikTok returned to the Apple App Store and Google Play in the US. It came back after Attorney General Pam Bondi sent Apple and Google letters saying they faced no liability (as reported by Bloomberg and relayed by PYMNTS).", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok is back in Apple and Google app stores", "publisher": "NPR", "date": "2025-02-13", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/nx-s1-5273651/tiktok-is-back-apple-google-app-stores" }, { "title": "TikTok returns to Apple, Google app stores", "publisher": "CNBC", "date": "2025-02-13", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/tiktok-returns-to-googles-app-store.html" }, { "title": "TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores", "publisher": "PYMNTS", "date": "2025-02-13", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/social-commerce/2025/tiktok-returns-to-apple-and-google-app-stores/" } ] }, { "id": "eo-14258", "date": "2025-04-04", "claim": "Executive Order 14258 extended the enforcement pause to 19 June 2025.", "sources": [ { "title": "Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay", "publisher": "The White House", "date": "2025-04-04", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/extending-the-tiktok-enforcement-delay/" } ] }, { "id": "eo-14310", "date": "2025-06-19", "claim": "Executive Order 14310 extended the pause to 17 September 2025.", "sources": [ { "title": "Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay (EO 14350, which recites EO 14310)", "publisher": "The White House", "date": "2025-09-16", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/further-extending-the-tiktok-enforcement-delay-9dde/" } ] }, { "id": "eo-14350", "date": "2025-09-16", "claim": "Executive Order 14350 extended the pause to 16 December 2025.", "sources": [ { "title": "Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay", "publisher": "The White House", "date": "2025-09-16", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/further-extending-the-tiktok-enforcement-delay-9dde/" }, { "title": "Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay", "publisher": "Federal Register", "date": "2025-09-23", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18482/further-extending-the-tiktok-enforcement-delay" } ] }, { "id": "eo-14352-framework", "date": "2025-09-25", "claim": "Executive Order 14352 declared the proposed framework a qualified divestiture and paused enforcement for another 120 days. Terms: majority US-investor ownership, ByteDance under 20% with one of seven board seats and no place on the security committee, Oracle as security provider, US user data in an Oracle-run US cloud, and the recommendation algorithm retrained and monitored by US security partners.", "sources": [ { "title": "Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security", "publisher": "The White House", "date": "2025-09-25", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/saving-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security/" }, { "title": "Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Saves TikTok While Protecting National Security", "publisher": "The White House", "date": "2025-09-25", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-saves-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security/" } ] }, { "id": "deal-signed", "date": "2025-12-18", "claim": "TikTok CEO Shou Chew told staff that ByteDance and TikTok had signed binding agreements with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX to form TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, closing 22 January 2026. Split: 50% new investors (Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX 15% each), 30.1% affiliates of existing ByteDance investors, 19.9% ByteDance. Oracle is the trusted security partner; the venture handles US data protection, algorithm security, content moderation and software assurance.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok signs deal to create new US joint venture", "publisher": "ABC News", "date": "2025-12-18", "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/tiktok-signs-deal-create-new-us-joint-venture/story?id=128540504" }, { "title": "TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says", "publisher": "CNBC", "date": "2025-12-18", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/tik-tok-us-sale-china.html" } ] }, { "id": "commercial-with-bytedance", "date": "2025-12-18", "claim": "Per the memo, TikTok's global US entities (ByteDance-controlled) keep global product interoperability and certain commercial activities, including e-commerce, advertising and marketing.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says", "publisher": "CNBC", "date": "2025-12-18", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/tik-tok-us-sale-china.html" }, { "title": "Here's what you should know about the US TikTok deal", "publisher": "TechCrunch", "date": "2026-01-23", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/heres-whats-you-should-know-about-the-us-tiktok-deal/" } ] }, { "id": "deal-closed", "date": "2026-01-22", "claim": "The deal closed and TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC was established. Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX hold 15% each (45%); other investors, including Michael Dell's family office and an affiliate of Susquehanna, hold about 35%; ByteDance keeps 19.9%, just under the law's 20% cap. Adam Presser is CEO. No new app is needed. TikTok says the US has more than 200 million users and 7.5 million businesses on the app. Presser previously led operations at TikTok and joined the company in 2022.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok finalizes deal to form new U.S. entity to avoid ban", "publisher": "CBS News", "date": "2026-01-23", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-deal-ban-oracle/" }, { "title": "TikTok finalizes deal to form new American entity", "publisher": "NPR", "date": "2026-01-22", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/22/nx-s1-5685456/tiktok-finalizes-deal-to-form-new-american-entity" }, { "title": "Announcement from the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC", "publisher": "TikTok Newsroom", "date": "2026-01-22", "url": "https://newsroom.tiktok.com/announcement-from-the-new-tiktok-usds-joint-venture-llc" } ] }, { "id": "algorithm-license", "date": "2026-01-23", "claim": "ByteDance keeps ownership of the recommendation algorithm and licenses it to the joint venture, which retrains, tests and updates it on US user data inside Oracle's US cloud. Oracle reviews and validates source code on an ongoing basis.", "sources": [ { "title": "Here's what you should know about the US TikTok deal", "publisher": "TechCrunch", "date": "2026-01-23", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/heres-whats-you-should-know-about-the-us-tiktok-deal/" }, { "title": "TikTok finalizes deal to form new U.S. entity to avoid ban", "publisher": "CBS News", "date": "2026-01-23", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-deal-ban-oracle/" } ] }, { "id": "privacy-policy", "date": "2026-01-22", "claim": "From 22 January 2026 US users had to accept a new privacy policy to keep using the app. It allows collection of precise location when location services are on (the old US policy said TikTok did not collect precise or approximate GPS data from US users) and data from interactions with TikTok's AI features.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok's new privacy policy is sparking a backlash. Here's what to know.", "publisher": "CBS News", "date": "2026-01-28", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-new-terms-of-service-privacy-geolocation-personal-information/" }, { "title": "A Breakdown of TikTok's New Privacy Policy", "publisher": "Fordham Privacy blog", "date": "2026-01", "url": "https://privacy.blog.fordham.edu/a-breakdown-of-tiktoks-new-privacy-policy/" } ] }, { "id": "immigration-status", "date": "2026-01-23", "claim": "Users reacted to policy wording about 'citizenship or immigration status'. The wording was not new (it was in the policy updated 19 August 2024) and reflects California's sensitive-data disclosure rules; TikTok does not ask users for their immigration status.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means", "publisher": "TechCrunch", "date": "2026-01-23", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/tiktok-users-freak-out-over-apps-immigration-status-collection-heres-what-it-means/" }, { "title": "Does TikTok's new terms of service allow app to track sensitive info like immigration status?", "publisher": "Snopes", "date": "2026-01-28", "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/01/28/tiktok-gender-immigration-tracking/" } ] }, { "id": "outage-january", "date": "2026-01-25", "claim": "A winter-storm power cut at an Oracle-operated US data center disrupted TikTok from about 25 January 2026 (uploads, view counts, feeds). TikTok USDS said on 1 February that service was back to normal.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok says outage is resolved, confirms it was an Oracle data center", "publisher": "DatacenterDynamics", "date": "2026-02-02", "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/tiktok-says-outage-is-resolved-confirms-it-was-an-oracle-data-center/" }, { "title": "Technical issues impacting TikTok's U.S. service", "publisher": "TikTok USDS Joint Venture", "date": "2026-01-27", "url": "https://usdsjv.tiktok.com/Technical-issues-impacting-TikTok-US-service" } ] }, { "id": "censorship-claims", "date": "2026-01-27", "claim": "Users said videos about ICE, the Minneapolis shootings and Epstein were getting no views. California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered a state review of whether TikTok was suppressing Trump-critical content. TikTok denied censorship and blamed the data center outage. On 4 February NPR reported an analysis by eight academics (Good Authority) of 100,000+ videos that found all topics, political or not, dropped during the outage; the researchers said they remained wary.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok denies ICE, Epstein censorship, says power outages behind U.S. app issues", "publisher": "CNBC", "date": "2026-01-27", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/tiktok-us-joint-venture-censorship-glitches-newsom-epstein-ice-censorship.html" }, { "title": "Newsom says California is investigating TikTok for censoring 'Trump-critical content'", "publisher": "NBC Los Angeles", "date": "2026-01-26", "url": "https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/gavin-newsom-tiktok-investigate-trump-epstein-minnesota/3836701/" }, { "title": "Researchers say no evidence of TikTok censorship, but they remain wary", "publisher": "NPR", "date": "2026-02-04", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5701409/tiktok-censorship-report-epstein" }, { "title": "Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?", "publisher": "Good Authority", "date": "2026-02", "url": "https://goodauthority.org/news/was-there-censorship-on-tiktok-after-the-u-s-takeover/" } ] }, { "id": "outage-march", "date": "2026-03-03", "claim": "A second Oracle data center problem disrupted TikTok for some US users on 3 March 2026, with posting lags and crashes.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok down for some in U.S., thanks to second Oracle outage since sale", "publisher": "TechCrunch", "date": "2026-03-03", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/tiktok-down-for-some-in-u-s-thanks-to-second-oracle-outage-since-sale/" }, { "title": "US TikTok service disrupted by second Oracle outage in a month", "publisher": "9to5Mac", "date": "2026-03-03", "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/03/us-tiktok-service-disrupted-by-second-oracle-outage-in-a-month/" } ] }, { "id": "lawsuit", "date": "2026-03-05", "claim": "The Public Integrity Project, a group led by former Senator Russ Feingold, filed a petition in the DC Circuit on behalf of two shareholders of Alphabet and Meta against President Trump and Attorney General Bondi. It argues the deal breaks the 2024 law because ByteDance still owns and licenses the algorithm and ByteDance units still run advertising and e-commerce, and asks the government to rescind its approval. No ruling was found as of 27 September 2026.", "sources": [ { "title": "Public Integrity Project sues Trump, Bondi over TikTok sale", "publisher": "NPR", "date": "2026-03-05", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/g-s1-112605/tiktok-deal-lawsuit-trump-bondi" }, { "title": "Lawsuit Aims to Reverse TikTok Sale", "publisher": "PYMNTS", "date": "2026-03-05", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/legal/2026/lawsuit-aims-to-reverse-tiktok-sale/" }, { "title": "Petition for review, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit", "publisher": "Public Integrity Project", "date": "2026-03-05", "url": "https://static1.squarespace.com/static/69375471a1fcf3781452cbc0/t/69a98d8c3eb55c38d1546bb5/1772719501042/TikTok+Petition.3.5.26-compressed.pdf" } ] }, { "id": "fee", "date": "2026-03-13", "claim": "The Wall Street Journal reported, and Reuters relayed, that the new investors will pay the US government about $10 billion for brokering the deal, $2.5 billion of it paid at closing.", "sources": [ { "title": "Trump administration set to receive $10 billion fee for brokering TikTok deal, WSJ reports", "publisher": "Reuters via US News", "date": "2026-03-13", "url": "https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-03-13/trump-administration-set-to-receive-10-billion-fee-for-brokering-tiktok-deal-wsj-reports" } ] }, { "id": "hearing", "date": "2026-07-21", "claim": "Reuters reported that TikTok US chief security officer Will Farrell was scheduled to testify to the House Select Committee on China on 15 September 2026. We could not find a published account of the testimony.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok US chief security officer to testify before US House on September 15", "publisher": "Reuters via GV Wire", "date": "2026-07-21", "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/07/21/tiktok-us-chief-security-officer-to-testify-before-us-house-on-september-15/" } ] }, { "id": "creator-rewards-entity", "date": "2026-07-20", "claim": "TikTok's US Creator Rewards Program terms (last updated 20 July 2026) name TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC as the provider, with payouts processed by PayPal through Hyperwallet.", "sources": [ { "title": "TikTok Creator Rewards Program Terms (US)", "publisher": "TikTok", "date": "2026-07-20", "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/global/creator-rewards-program-us/en" } ] }, { "id": "india", "date": "2020-06-29", "claim": "India blocked TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps under section 69A of its IT Act on 29 June 2020. In August 2025 India's public broadcaster reported the government had issued no order to lift the ban.", "sources": [ { "title": "India blocks access to 59 apps including TikTok", "publisher": "MediaNama", "date": "2020-06-29", "url": "https://www.medianama.com/2020/06/223-tiktok-banned-india-59-chinese-apps/" }, { "title": "No order issued to lift ban on TikTok in India: Govt", "publisher": "All India Radio (newsonair.gov.in)", "date": "2025-08-23", "url": "https://www.newsonair.gov.in/no-order-issued-to-lift-ban-on-tiktok-in-india-govt" } ] }, { "id": "albania", "date": "2025-03-13", "claim": "Albania began blocking TikTok for one year in March 2025 after a teenager's fatal stabbing. The government lifted the ban on 3 February 2026, and on 11 March 2026 the Constitutional Court ruled it had violated freedom of expression.", "sources": [ { "title": "Albania Starts Turning off TikTok Amid Concern Over Youth Violence", "publisher": "Reuters via US News", "date": "2025-03-13", "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-03-13/albania-starts-turning-off-tiktok-amid-concern-over-youth-violence" }, { "title": "Albania lifts TikTok ban: official", "publisher": "AFP via Macau Business", "date": "2026-02-05", "url": "https://macaubusiness.com/albania-lifts-tiktok-ban-official/" }, { "title": "Albania's TikTok Ban Violated Free Expression, Court Rules", "publisher": "Balkan Insight", "date": "2026-03-11", "url": "https://balkaninsight.com/2026/03/11/albanias-tiktok-ban-violated-free-expression-court-rules/bi/" } ] }, { "id": "canada", "date": "2026-03-10", "claim": "Canada ordered TikTok's Canadian business wound up in November 2024 (the app itself stayed available). A federal court set the order aside with both sides' consent in January 2026, and on 10 March 2026 the government let TikTok keep operating under new data-security undertakings and an independent monitor.", "sources": [ { "title": "What does Canada's reversal of a TikTok operations ban mean for users?", "publisher": "Global News", "date": "2026-03-11", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11725718/canada-tiktok-operations-ban-users/" }, { "title": "Federal government agreed to set aside order to wind down TikTok in Canada", "publisher": "BNN Bloomberg (Canadian Press)", "date": "2026-01-22", "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/technology/2026/01/22/federal-government-agreed-to-set-aside-order-to-wind-down-tiktok-in-canada/" } ] }, { "id": "device-bans", "date": "2023-03-16", "claim": "Several governments ban TikTok on official devices only, not for the public: the European Commission told staff on 23 February 2023 to remove it, and the UK banned it on government devices on 16 March 2023.", "sources": [ { "title": "European Commission orders staff to remove TikTok from work devices", "publisher": "TechCrunch", "date": "2023-02-23", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/23/european-commission-orders-staff-to-remove-tiktok-from-work-devices" }, { "title": "UK bans TikTok on government devices", "publisher": "CNN", "date": "2023-03-16", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/16/tech/uk-tiktok-government-device-ban" } ] }, { "id": "us-users-claim", "date": "2026-01-22", "claim": "TikTok's closing announcement says more than 200 million Americans and 7.5 million businesses use TikTok. This is TikTok's own figure.", "sources": [ { "title": "Announcement from the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC", "publisher": "TikTok Newsroom", "date": "2026-01-22", "url": "https://newsroom.tiktok.com/announcement-from-the-new-tiktok-usds-joint-venture-llc" }, { "title": "TikTok finalizes majority American-owned joint venture to avert U.S. ban", "publisher": "Fox Business", "date": "2026-01-23", "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/tiktok-avoids-us-ban-finalizing-historic-trump-backed-american-majority-ownership-deal" } ] } ], "disputedOrUnclear": [ "Ownership breakdown beyond the big three: the December 2025 memo gives 50% new investors / 30.1% affiliates of existing ByteDance investors / 19.9% ByteDance; January 2026 reports describe it as 45% Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, about 35% other investors, 19.9% ByteDance. Both add to 100% and agree on the named stakes.", "Whether licensing the algorithm from ByteDance satisfies the 2024 law's ban on algorithm cooperation: the White House says the deal is a qualified divestiture; the Public Integrity Project petition (March 2026) says it is not. No ruling found by 27 September 2026.", "Whether TikTok suppressed political videos in late January 2026: users and Governor Newsom alleged it; TikTok denied it and blamed the outage; an academic analysis found no topic-specific drop. Outcome of California's review not found.", "Outcome of the 15 September 2026 House hearing: scheduled per Reuters (21 July 2026); no published account found." ], "derived": { "timelineGraphic": { "file": "/graphics/is-tiktok-getting-banned/timeline.svg", "milestones": [ { "date": "2024-04-24", "label": "Biden signs the sell-or-ban law", "factId": "law-signed" }, { "date": "2025-01-17", "label": "Supreme Court upholds it with no dissents", "factId": "scotus" }, { "date": "2025-01-18/19", "label": "App goes dark, back the next day", "factId": "shutdown" }, { "date": "2025-01-20 to 2025-09-16", "label": "Four orders pause enforcement", "factId": "eo-14166" }, { "date": "2025-09-25", "label": "Order approves the deal framework", "factId": "eo-14352-framework" }, { "date": "2025-12-18", "label": "Deal signed with Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX", "factId": "deal-signed" }, { "date": "2026-01-22", "label": "US joint venture closes", "factId": "deal-closed" }, { "date": "2026-01 to 2026-03", "label": "Outages, privacy row, lawsuit", "factId": "lawsuit" } ] }, "ownershipCheck": { "oracle": 15, "silverLake": 15, "mgx": 15, "otherInvestors": 35.1, "byteDance": 19.9, "total": 100, "note": "otherInvestors = 100 - 45 - 19.9. 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