Exclusive: TikTok's Chinese Owner Offers to Forego Stake to Clinch U.S. Deal-Sources
Posted on AllSides August 1st, 2020
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — China's ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
U.S. officials have said TikTok under its Chinese parent poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles. ByteDance's concession will test whether Trump's threat to ban TikTok is a negotiating tactic, or whether he is intent...
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