TikTok users are freaking out over a mention of "immigration status" data collection, but lawyers explain the disclosure is related to state privacy laws.

Users on Threads warned others to leave TikTok, with one saying: "I did not feel it was wise, nor safe for me to keep it."

TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. have closed a long-awaited deal to transfer parts of their US operations to American investors, securing the popular video app’s future in the US and avoiding a nationwide ban.

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.

TikTok has closed a joint-venture deal for its US business, handing over some operational control to an investor group.

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It is a challenge for TikTok's parent company ByteDance as well as global ambitions for other Chinese tech companies.

TikTok has finalized a deal to sell parts of its US business. Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX, and Michael Dell are part of the consortium of new investors.