TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is an American technology company established in January 2026 to oversee TikTok's operations in the United States. It was formed to address U.S. national security concerns regarding potential access by the Chinese government through ByteDance.
History
Negotiations
In 2024, the United States Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, a law that required services defined as a "foreign adversary controlled application"—including those operated by ByteDance, explicitly named in the law—to be rendered inoperable unless the application is divested. Three days before Donald Trump's second inauguration in January 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in TikTok, Inc. v. Garland that the law was constitutional.[1]