6:35 PM ET: TikTok Signs Deal to Sell its US Assets
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🗓️ 18 December 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is a CNN breaking news alert for Thursday, December 18th, 2025 at 6.35 p.m. Eastern Time. |
| 0:08.4 | TikTok has signed the deal backed by President Donald Trump to sell its U.S. assets to a group of |
| 0:13.3 | American investors. That's what the CEO told employees today in a memo. |
| 0:18.4 | Although the transaction is not yet complete, the move brings TikTok one step |
| 0:22.7 | closer to securing its long-term future in the United States. It comes after a law passed last |
| 0:28.0 | year required that the U.S. version of the app be spun off from its parent company Bightdance, |
| 0:33.2 | or be banned in the U.S. You can find more on this and other stories at CNN.com and streaming on CNN |
| 0:39.3 | All Access. |
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