- US and Chinese officials confirm that they have concluded a property agreement on Tiktok
- The deadline for Tiktok to be deposited or prohibited in the United States had to expire on Wednesday, September 17
- President Donald Trump should meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Friday, September 19
US and Chinese officials confirmed that they had finally concluded an agreement on Tiktok’s property.
This decision should end the United States Saga Tiktok Ban after about nine months of debate.
Popular Chinese Chinese video sharing platforms were dark for about 24 hours on January 19, 2025, causing a peak in using the best VPN services.
The Trump administration would then extend the deadline for Tiktok to be deposited or will be prohibited in the United States three times, with the last extension that expires on Wednesday, September 17.
The pressure to prohibit Tiktok comes from national security problems. In particular, criticisms argued that Beijing could access American user data while using the platform to push Chinese propaganda.
Details of the agreement must still be made public, but US President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping on Friday, September 19.
US -CHina Tiktok Deal – What we know
The Tiktok ownership agreement was set at a commercial meeting in Madrid on Monday, September 15 and confirmed by the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent – The BBC reported.
President Trump also confirmed that the meeting was “very good” on his official social account of truth.
“An agreement was also concluded in a” certain “company that the young people of our country wanted to save a lot. They will be very happy! I will speak to President XI on Friday,” he also wrote.
Although what the final agreement will look like is not yet clear, CBS News reported that the American technological company Oracle “could play a key role if a Tiktok agreement was finalized between the Trump administration and China”.
It remains to be seen to what extent the mother company of Tiktok, Bytedance, is ready to abandon and what it would mean for the security of American user data.
The prospect of a U-turn on the prohibition is however a welcome development for the more than 170 million people and companies actively using the platform in the United States.
As we have previously pointed out, Tiktok’s ban (or any other platform, by the way) could cause more harm than good by negatively impacting the digital rights of people, such as freedom of expression and access to information, while establishing a legal precedent for more countries to follow.
