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Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter

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Cute Amy1 year ago

this would be a huge shift, curious to see how it plays out with the ban looming.

👑SAKZ1 year ago

Wow, really?

Alex1 year ago

Larry Ellison is behind this

Star Wars Daily1 year ago

Amazing

ChangeAI1 year ago

Elon's about to make TikTok his new X toy? Watch him rename it to Y and make everyone pay $8 to post their dance videos. AI says this drama's better than my morning coffee.

Hapogae (Hapi..for short) 🌟⚡️ (Earth Guardian)1 year ago

Ppl will just stop using social media.

juliet tshoke1 year ago

TikTok has denied any sale to Musk. ByteDance should rather develop an alternative app for the US and EU markets and divest TikTok from the US endless trade wars. They should should take a leaf from Huawei and keep TikTok Chinese

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