After months of high-stakes posturing, leaked frameworks, and shifting deadlines, a domestic TikTok ownership deal may be closer to reality. But details of the arrangement from both sides of the Pacific are sparse, leaving room for lingering national security , legality, and free speech concerns.

On Sept. 25, President Donald Trump signed an executive order clearing the way for the transfer of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American-heavy consortium, presumably before the congressional divest-or-ban law extension expires in December.

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