Group 1 - TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi announced the establishment of a joint venture in the U.S. named TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC to handle data security and content review for American users [1] - TikTok in the U.S. will operate under two entities: a wholly-owned subsidiary by ByteDance for commercial operations and the new joint venture for data security and content moderation [1] - The joint venture will ensure compliance with U.S. laws regarding data and content security, and will retrain recommendation algorithms based on U.S. user data [1] Group 2 - ByteDance will hold 19.9% of the joint venture, making it the largest single shareholder, while existing investors like Sequoia Capital and others will hold approximately 30.1% [2] - New investors, including Oracle and Silver Lake, will collectively own 45% of the joint venture, with 5% of the shares remaining unspecified [2] - The agreement related to the joint venture is expected to be completed by January 22, 2026, after which the new company will take over data security operations in the U.S. [2]
TikTok成立美国合资公司 将重新训练推荐算法
Jing Ji Guan Cha Bao·2025-12-19 09:21