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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.

为避免因所谓“安全担忧”而面临美国潜在禁令，热门社交媒体平台TikTok周五宣布，已达成协议，成立一家由美国持股占多数的合资企业，用于运营其美国业务。

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.
根据协议，美国及全球投资者——包括云计算巨头甲骨文、美国私募股权公司银湖资本以及总部位于阿联酋阿布扎比的投资公司MGX——将合计持有新实体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母公司字节跳动将保留剩余的19.9%股份，使其持股比例低于美国法律规定的20%门槛。

As part of the arrangement, the JV will assume responsibility for safeguarding both US user data and TikTok's content recommendation algorithm.
作为该安排的一部分，这家合资企业将负责保障美国用户数据以及TikTok的内容推荐算法安全。

According to the statement, US user data and content recommendation algorithm will both be secured in Oracle's US cloud environment, where the new JV will retrain, test and update the algorithms and run audited, third-party-certified data privacy and cybersecurity programs aligned with US regulations.
声明称，美国用户数据与内容推荐算法都将部署并保护在甲骨文的美国云环境中；新合资企业将在该环境内对算法进行再训练、测试与更新，并运行经审计、由第三方认证、符合美国监管要求的数据隐私与网络安全项目。

The deal marks a major milestone for the short-video app after years of regulatory and legal battles dating back to August 2020, when Washington first sought to ban TikTok over what it claimed were national security concerns.
该协议标志着这款短视频应用在经历多年监管与法律争议后取得重要里程碑。相关争议可追溯至2020年8月，当时华盛顿首次试图以所谓国家安全担忧为由禁止TikTok。

Against this backdrop, Chinese authorities have repeatedly emphasized the importance of a balanced and lawful resolution.
在此背景下，中方有关部门多次强调应以平衡、合法的方式妥善解决相关问题的重要性。

At a news conference in Beijing in late December, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said the Chinese government hopes that relevant parties can reach a resolution regarding Tik-Tok that complies with Chinese laws and regulations and achieves a balance of interests, urging the US to provide a fair, open, transparent and nondiscriminatory business environment for the continuous and stable operation of Chinese enterprises.
在去年12月底北京举行的新闻发布会上，商务部发言人表示，中国政府希望相关各方就TikTok问题达成符合中国法律法规、实现利益平衡的解决方案，并敦促美方为中国企业持续、稳定经营提供公平、开放、透明