It comes after TikTok faced years of intense scrutiny in the US due to concerns about user data privacy.

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Social media platform TikTok has reached an agreement with investors to launch an independent US entity, enabling it to avoid a ban in the United States after years of wrangling over its fate.

The embattled short-video platform, which is used by more than 200 million Americans and 7.5 million businesses, announced the joint-venture deal in a statement on Thursday.