In a bid to avert a potential US ban over so-called security concerns, popular social media platform TikTok announced on Friday that it had closed a deal to establish a majority United States-owned joint venture to run its US operations. 為避免因所謂“安全擔憂”而面臨美國潛在禁令，熱門社交媒體平臺TikTok週五宣布，已達成協議，成立一家由美國持股占多數的合資企業，用於運營其美國業務。 Under the agreement, US and global investors — including cloud computing giant Oracle, US private equity firm Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-based investment company MGX — will collectively hold 80.1 percent stake in the new entity. 根據協議，美國及全球投資者——包括雲計算巨頭甲骨文、美國私募股權公司銀湖資本以及總部位於阿聯酋阿布紮比的投資公司MGX——將合計持有新實體80.1%的股份。 TikTok's parent company ByteDance will retain the remaining 19.9 percent, keeping its ownership below the 20 percent threshold stipulated by US law. TikTok母公司字節跳動將保留剩余的19.9%股份，使其持股比例低於美...