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China plans to sell TikTok in the United States to Musk

Beijing is reportedly considering selling TikTok’s American operations to Elon Musk before Washington’s deadline on Sunday for the app’s Chinese owners to divest from the company or face a ban.

According to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, the proposal is part of a broader debate among Chinese officials over how to deal with the new administration of US President-elect Donald Trump, who has ties to Musk – an ally of Trump but also a billionaire somewhat dependent on him. China given that Tesla has production facilities in the country – among the factors.

Combining TikTok’s U.S. operations with Musk’s social media platform X could boost the latter’s ad sales, and the video-sharing platform’s wealth of content could also boost its AI efforts.

remon Buul

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