Microsoft ponders TikTok deal
News of potential acquisition comes as Trump tries to ban popular Chinese video app
A man walks past a display featuring the TikTok logo at an IT fair in Hangzhou, China in November. (Reuters File Photo)
Microsoft is reported to be exploring the possibility of buying TikTok’s operations in the United States, even as President Donald Trump vows to ban the wildly popular Chinese video app on security grounds.
A deal would give the American software giant a popular social-media service and possibly relieve US government pressure on the Chinese owner of the app.
The Trump administration has been weighing whether to direct China-based ByteDance to divest its stake in TikTok’s US operations, according to several people familiar with the issue. Washington has been investigating potential nati