TikTok has staved off a ban for so long as it might probably, but when one thing does not change by April 5, the ban will go into impact — and certain for longer than the few hours it was down earlier this month.
A method TikTok can keep away from a complete ban within the U.S. is for its Chinese language dad or mum firm, ByteDance, to divest from the app. In line with President Donald Trump, ByteDance is contemplating doing simply that.
Per The Guardian, when a reporter aboard Air Drive One on Monday requested if Microsoft was in talks to purchase TikTok, Trump mentioned, “I’d say sure,” including that there’s “a number of curiosity in TikTok. There’s nice curiosity in TikTok.” BBC News reported that Trump mentioned he’d wish to see a “bidding conflict” over the sale.
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There have been rumors that Microsoft might buy TikTok since 2020 when the corporate wrote in a blog post that it “ready to proceed discussions to discover a purchase order of TikTok in the US” after a dialog between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Trump.
This comes a couple of week after Trump signed an executive order delaying the TikTok ban for 75 days. Earlier than the brand new April 5 deadline, Trump mentioned he plans to “negotiate a decision to keep away from an abrupt shutdown of the TikTok platform whereas addressing nationwide safety issues.” The Microsoft talks is likely to be a part of that ongoing dialog.
