TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the US after years of uncertainty, but questions remain about whether users' experience will change and whether the changes actually address security concerns around the app.

Here's what to know about the deal, which created a new TikTok US joint venture after the social video platform company signed agreements with major investors including Oracle, Silver Lake and the Emirati investment firm MGX.

After wide bipartisan majorities in Congress passed - and President Joe Biden signed - a law that would ban TikTok in the US if it did not find a new owner in the place of China's ByteDance, the platform was set to go dark on the law's January 2025 deadline.

For several hours, it did. But on his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to keep it running while his administration sought an agreement for the sale of the company. A string of orders continued to extend the deadline until this deal was reached.

American TikTok users can continue using the same app, according to TikTok. But exactly what American users will see on their TikTok feeds once the changeover happens remains unclear.

Source:Ndtv