Saving Tiktok While Protecting National Security

The order creates a path for TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and related services to remain available in the United States while shifting control, data protection, and algorithm oversight away from ByteDance.

What the order does ​

• Determines that the proposed transaction will qualify under federal law once its implementation agreements are executed.
• Requires a U.S.-based joint venture, majority-owned and controlled by U.S. persons, with ByteDance and affiliates holding less than 20 percent.
• Places algorithms, code, content moderation, and sensitive U.S. user data under the joint venture’s control and requires American cloud storage and security monitoring.
• Directs the Department of Justice to suspend enforcement and penalties for 120 days and permanently for conduct occurring before or during that period.
• Directs the Attorney General to issue guidance and liability-assurance letters to app stores, hosting services, and other providers.
• Makes the Attorney General the federal representative under the divestiture framework and directs the Attorney General to defend exclusive federal enforcement authority.
• Conditions resolution of the earlier Musical.ly divestment order on a national-security agreement between investors and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Who it affects ​

• TikTok, ByteDance, CapCut, Lemon8, the planned U.S. joint venture, and participating investors.
• Roughly 170 million U.S. TikTok users, including creators and businesses that rely on the platform.
• App stores, internet hosting companies, cloud providers, and security partners supporting the covered applications.
• Federal officials overseeing foreign investment, national security, technology, commerce, intelligence, and enforcement.