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TikTok in talks with potential buyers after US threatens nationwide ban
The report said yesterday that TikTok is considering exploring different options, including potential deals that were under consideration when former President Donald Trump threatened to ban the app in 2020. ― Reuters pic
Friday, 17 Mar 2023 11:03 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, March 17 — TikTok is in talks with potential buyers after the Biden administration threatened to ban the video-sharing platform nationwide if Chinese owners did not sell their stakes, The New York Post reported citing sources familiar with the matter.
The report said yesterday that TikTok is considering exploring different options, including potential deals that were under consideration when former President Donald Trump threatened to ban the app in 2020.
The source did not provide additional details about what possible deals are under consideration, but pointed out that a proposal under the Trump administration was for software giant Oracle, owned by billionaire Larry Ellison, and Walmart to partner to own a US TikTok subsidiary that would control all US user data.
Last week, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the White House supports an effort in the US Congress to pass legislation granting new authorities to address threats posed by foreign technology, such as TikTok, to the United States.
Sputnik reported that the legislation, according to the White House, would empower the US government to prevent certain foreign governments from exploiting technology services operating in the United States in a way that poses risks to Americans’ sensitive data and US national security. The legislation comes amid concerns about ties between TikTok and the Chinese government.
The ban on TikTok and WeChat was part of a long-running diplomatic and trade war waged by the Trump administration against China prior to Biden’s term, which began in January 2021. — Bernama-Sputnik
Friday, 17 Mar 2023 11:03 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, March 17 — TikTok is in talks with potential buyers after the Biden administration threatened to ban the video-sharing platform nationwide if Chinese owners did not sell their stakes, The New York Post reported citing sources familiar with the matter.
The report said yesterday that TikTok is considering exploring different options, including potential deals that were under consideration when former President Donald Trump threatened to ban the app in 2020.
The source did not provide additional details about what possible deals are under consideration, but pointed out that a proposal under the Trump administration was for software giant Oracle, owned by billionaire Larry Ellison, and Walmart to partner to own a US TikTok subsidiary that would control all US user data.
Last week, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the White House supports an effort in the US Congress to pass legislation granting new authorities to address threats posed by foreign technology, such as TikTok, to the United States.
Sputnik reported that the legislation, according to the White House, would empower the US government to prevent certain foreign governments from exploiting technology services operating in the United States in a way that poses risks to Americans’ sensitive data and US national security. The legislation comes amid concerns about ties between TikTok and the Chinese government.
The ban on TikTok and WeChat was part of a long-running diplomatic and trade war waged by the Trump administration against China prior to Biden’s term, which began in January 2021. — Bernama-Sputnik
Anybody able to access , without using a strictly illegal VPn , Gmail, Google search , Google drive, YouTube, Facebook , Instagram, WhatsaApp etc. in China ?
ReplyDeleteAbout time the Yanks woke up to the the importance of reciprocal and equal access to markets in international relations.
Still repeating yr lies about WHY Gmail, Google search , Google drive, YouTube, Facebook , Instagram, WhatsaApp etc. can't be accessed in China!
DeleteMfer, they excommunicated themselves by playing to their own rules, rather than the rules of the host nation!
Ooop… don't u forget that yr idol is using a bastardized form of prohibition in dealing with TikTok! & those hand phone CPU sales too
DeleteAbout time the Chinese woke up to the the importance of reciprocal and equal access to markets in international relations by forcing the hands of iPhone!
In the digital age, private and personal information isn't just data you may fill up into a paper
ReplyDeleteor on-line form.
What web-sites a person visits, how long he spends reading them, what videos a person watches and how long he watches it, what products he may look at or buy are information gold mines.
As well as being espionage gold mines for any foreign country with nefarious intentions .
The Chinese Communist party has its controlling hands on Tik Tok as the most effective espionage tool in the world.
By all means sell the US TikTok operation to any interested buyers for billions RMB (note not that tak pakai US$).
ReplyDeleteBut keep the FYP algorithm out of that deal. W/O this smart trend predicting SW, US-ized TikTok would be no difference from Facebook, Twitter & whats-no app. All r fighting for a cut of the youth cyberspace on lousy presentations!
抖音 rules supreme … wakakakaka…