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Can Microsoft Actually Buy TikTok?

Can Microsoft buy TikTok

Microsoft said in a blog entry on the question; Can Microsoft actually buy TikTok? that CEO Satya Nadella and Trump had spoken that the organization is focused on tending to Trump’s interests. The president had been gauging the choice to drive Beijing-based parent organization ByteDance to strip in TikTok in the United States. This is in view of national security worries. As indicated by individuals who talked on the state of secrecy. Since they were not approved to examine them openly.

Microsoft arranging a TikTok buyout

A few days back, President Trump threatened to ban TikTok in the United States. Because he didn’t succumb to the idea of an American organization being able to purchase the app. Can Microsoft buy Tiktok? You may want to ask. After President Trump’s action, Microsoft communicated their interest in purchasing TikTok. And its operations.

The Trump administration has given Microsoft and ByteDance until September 15 to conclude a deal. Hence, can Microsoft buy TikTok?

No official conclusion yet on offer to sell TikTok’s U.S. business

“We don’t agree with the decision (selling TikTok’s U.S. business). Because we have always adhered to protecting users’ data and maintaining the platform’s neutrality and transparency,” said Zhang Yiming, founder and CEO of ByteDance, in an internal company letter on Monday.

“But considering the current international environment, we have to face the U.S. president’s executive order to ban TikTok. And the decision of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Meanwhile, we won’t give up on any possibilities,” Zhang wrote in the letter.

Still on can Microsoft buy Tiktok? Trump takes back his words

President Trump won’t try to ban TikTok in the US. At least for now. On Monday, he reversed his stance on the wildly popular video app. And said in a White House press briefing that instead of banning it, he’d allow a US-based company to purchase the app. Trump directly answers the question; can Microsoft buy TikTok? Let’s hear from Trump himself

“I don’t mind. Whether it is Microsoft or someone else — a big company, a secure company, a very American company, buys it,” said Trump. He also warned that TikTok will be “out of business in the United States” by September 15. If the company doesn’t reach a deal to sell by then.

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