India, Jan. 23 -- TikTok announced on Thursday that it had set up a joint venture that is majority owned by American investors to run its US operations in a move to allow the company to avoid a ban linked to its Chinese ownership.

The new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC will serve more than 200 million users and 7.5 million businesses. The company said it will also put in place strict measures to protect data, secure its algorithms, and manage content moderation.

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