US EditionReports Claim China Discusses TikTok Sale to Elon Musk; TikTok Denies as 'Fiction'
- Chinese government officials discussed selling TikTok's U.S. arm to Elon Musk if the Supreme Court upholds a ban on January 19.
- A TikTok spokesperson called the report of a sale to Musk 'pure fiction' in a statement to Variety.
- TikTok is preparing to shut down on Sunday, giving users the option to collect their data before it goes dark.
- The future of TikTok remains uncertain as competing apps gain popularity and enforcement of the ban is pending.
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Can Elon Musk really save TikTok?
Laura Normand / The Verge Chinese officials are reportedly exploring a backup plan for TikTok after the Supreme Court appeared unlikely to save it from a US ban. With TikTok’s legal options nearly exhausted, multiple news outlets are reporting that China is considering an option it previously said it wouldn’t: letting ByteDance sell the app. The kicker? China is reportedly mulling having President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite tech billionaire, …
TikTok seeks to dismiss a lawsuit that Governor Josh Stein filed against the social media company when Stein was serving as the Attorney General of North Carolina. The motion of dismissal came to the North Carolina Commercial Court on Friday. On the same day, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a federal case challenging a Congressional ban against TikTok if he refuses to divest his parent company based in China. “The state of North C…
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