The app, which was set to be banned, now has a bit more time to find a home and address national security issues
ByteDance is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.
President Donald Trump is in the middle of a chaotic race to secure the future of TikTok in America. Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Florida on Jan. 25, Trump confirmed that multiple discussions are taking place with “substantial people” about buying TikTok’s U.
Former Vice President Mike Pence called on his former boss to uphold a law banning TikTok for national security reasons and to allow Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp. to purchase US Steel in support of global business ties,
President Donald Trump downplayed the national security risk posed by TikTok in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, days after offering the social video app a reprieve from legislation that would have forced it to shut down.
TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly still searching for non-sale options to stay in the US after the Supreme Court upheld a national security law requiring that TikTok's US operations either be shut down or sold to a non-foreign adversary.
TikTok said Sunday it’s in the process of restoring service after President-elect Donald Trump announced he would extend a deadline to sell the company.
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MrBeast, the internet’s most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok.
MrBeast, the popular YouTube star and the internet’s highest-earning content creator, is holding discussions with several groups that are interested in buying TikTok before a possible ban, according to a spokesperson.
President-elect Donald Trump said he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a US law that threatens to shut down the popular platform as soon as Sunday, NBC News reported.
TikTok refutes a Bloomberg report alleging discussions about selling its US operations to Elon Musk to avoid a ban.