A 2024 file photo of TikTok’s offices in Culver City, Calif. The popular social app’s fate could be decided in the coming days as it seeks a buyer to comply with a federal law that it divest itself of Chinese ownership. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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The Trump administration is considering a deal to potentially resolve TikTok’s legal uncertainty that involves leasing the app’s algorithm from Beijing-based owner ByteDance, according to a person directly involved in the talks who is not authorized to speak publicly.
Under the plan, a new U.S. entity would be created led by software giant