Users reported their struggles using social app TikTok days after the company was set up as a majority American-owned joint venture to avoid a US ban.

The social video platform company signed agreements with major investors including Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX.

The app was due to be banned in the US a year ago if its Chinese owner hadn't sold its business in America.

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years on the platform now…

It is a challenge for TikTok's parent company ByteDance as well as global ambitions for other Chinese tech companies.

While TikTok's future in the US has been secured, questions remain about exactly what changes US users will see.

TikTok and other China-linked apps dominated U.S. app downloads in 2025, defying mounting political pressure, trade restrictions and national security scrutiny.

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

Users reported their struggles using social app TikTok days after the company was set up as a majority American-owned joint venture to avoid a US ban.

US TikTok users experienced a wide range of errors, sparking conspiracies.

The new US owners of the video streaming app there had been a power outage at a data centre.

TikTok is pointing to the fallout of power outages at one of its data centers to explain recent reports of censorship and glitches impacting users.

Creators and brands are reacting to major changes on TikTok after its US ownership shift as reach drops analytics vanish and trust erodes.