Sources: ByteDance is continuing its months-long talks with the US, now with greater urgency, about deals to let TikTok avoid a full sale of its US operations
It isn't clear whether any alternative would satisfy President Trump's concerns about Chinese-owned video-sharing app
Wall Street Journal
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Discussion
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@aatilley
Aaron Tilley
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An acquisition of TikTok by Microsoft or Oracle is looking increasingly unlikely. TikTok is trying to figure out how to survive without a deal https://www.wsj.com/...
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@lindsaypgorman
Lindsay P. Gorman
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Ironic given that the *exact* national security issue is that Bytedance with its CCP ties knows how many/which of its users skew conservative, which skew liberal, and which may be more moderate—or undecided in an election say—and target content accordingly with none the wiser. ht…
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@miriamgottfried
Miriam Gottfried
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In making the case for an alternative to a sale, ByteDance is arguing that a sizable percentage of TikTok users skew politically conservative. That runs counter to perception that took hold after teen users tried to undercut attendance at a Trump rally. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@karissabe
Karissa Bell
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This is wild: ByteDance trying to push back on Trump's TikTok ban by saying a “sizable percentage” of users are conservative https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@julianku
@julianku
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It's odd that the CIA would be involved in vetting a domestic security threat. “TikTok's major investors—Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic and Coatue Management LLC—met last week in Virginia with [reps] from the CIA to discuss data security...” https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
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@modestproposal1
Modest Proposal
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foreign owned app at risk of being shut down for alleged national security risk arguing its user base skews towards the party in power is a sign the swamp has successfully been drained https://twitter.com/...
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@cgasparino
Charles Gasparino
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Key point being made by @Tiktok to White House in this piece is that the app has plenty of conservative voices which @FoxBusiness reported in early Aug https://www.msn.com/... cc @LJMoynihan https://www.wsj.com/...
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@jchengwsj
Jonathan Cheng
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ByteDance is lobbying the Trump administration for a way to avoid a full sale of TikTok's U.S. operations, in part by arguing that shutting down the app would affect a sizable number of politically conservative users. @miriamgottfried @georgia_wells https://www.wsj.com/...