Years of uncertainty around a possible TikTok ban in the United States may finally be coming to an end.

The Trump administration is reportedly very close to finalizing a deal with China to transfer US operations of the app to American control. Details are still murky, but right now it looks like the social media behemoth, which has around 170 million American users, will be run by a consortium of rich, right-wing investors, notably including the tech company Oracle and the Fox Corporation, which owns Fox News.

If — and it is still an if — this deal is finalized, it would mark the end of a five-year-plus odyssey for TikTok’s American presence. President Donald Trump attempted to ban the app over concerns about its Chinese ownership during his first term, without success. Congress acted mo

See Full Page