Reports about Chinese officials eyeing Musk as the buyer of TikTok’s U.S. operations are “not a total shock” given Musk’s relationship with Trump, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.
Officials in the Chinese government are reportedly considering contingency plans should the U.S. choose to ban TikTok this month, possibly selling the app's U.S. operations to tech billionaire Elon Musk.
As the popular video app faces a ban in the United States, Chinese officials are said to be weighing options to save it — including a sale to the tech mogul.
A potential high-profile deal with one of President-elect Donald Trump’s closest allies holds some appeal for the Chinese government, which is expected to have some say over whether TikTok is ultimately sold, said people familiar with the matter.
Elon Musk stepping in to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations could turn a national security flashpoint into a high-stakes tech chess game with far-reaching implications for America’s digital landscape and its delicate tango with China.
TikTok on Tuesday labeled as "pure fiction" a report that China is exploring a potential sale of the video-sharing platform's US operations to billionaire
TikTok denied a report that Chinese officials are considering a sale of the company’s U.S. operations to tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk ahead of a potential ban Sunday, calling the report “pure fiction.
TikTok officials threw cold water on a report that China is considering a deal that would allow ByteDance to sell the U.S. portion of the popular video app to Elon Musk, owner of X.
Officials at TikTok said they could not be expected to comment on pure fiction when asked about rumors China was looking into having Elon Musk acquire the social media platform.
China's TikTok says that a recent report of ByteDance considering a sale to Elon Musk is "pure fiction." TikTok is scheduled to be banned from then United States on Sunday.
After years of rejecting the idea of a sale of TikTok’s US assets to an American buyer in order to avert a ban, China and ByteDance may have found an owner they could live with: Elon Musk.
Chinese officials are mulling a potential option that involves the sale of TikTok's U.S. operations to billionaire Elon Musk if the company fails to fend off a potential ban, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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