(Reuters) -ByteDance will play a bigger than expected role in the new TikTok entity that is set to be sold to U.S. and global investors to address U.S. national security concerns, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a new structure that appears to lay out the continued and significant involvement of the China-based global tech giant.

ByteDance will be maintaining ownership of TikTok’s U.S. business operations and will cede control of the app’s data, content and algorithm to the newly formed joint venture, the sources said.

The new details about the ownership structure may raise questions in Congress and among critics about whether the deal approved by Trump represents a qualified divestiture of all of TikTok’s U.S. assets as required under a 2024 law, which required B

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