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President finds proposed TikTok divestiture qualifies, pauses enforcement for 120 days
Summary
The President of the United States on Sept. 25, 2025, issued Executive Order 14352, titled "Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security," concluding that a proposed Framework Agreement for the divestiture of TikTokand certain affiliated applications would be a "qualified divestiture" under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act and ordering a 120-day pause in Department of Justice enforcement of the Act.
The President of the United States on Sept. 25, 2025, issued Executive Order 14352, titled "Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security," concluding that a proposed Framework Agreement for the divestiture of TikTokand certain affiliated applications would be a "qualified divestiture" under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (Public Law 118-50) and ordering a 120-day pause in Department of Justice enforcement of the Act.
The finding hinges on a framework in which TikTok's United States application would be operated by a newly established joint venture based in the United States, with ByteDance Ltd. and its affiliates owning less than 20 percent of that entity. The order says the divestiture would place algorithmic operations, content-moderation decisions, and sensitive U.S. user data under the control of the new joint venture and require that sensitive U.S. user data be stored in a cloud environment run by an American…
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