Microsoft has expanded its talks on TikTok to a
potential deal that would include buying the global operations of
the fast-growing video-sharing app, the Financial Times reported
Thursday.
Microsoft declined to comment on the report, after previously
disclosing it was considering a deal for TikTok operations in the
US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The US tech giant has been in discussions with TikTok’s Chinese
parent firm ByteDance, amid a call by US President Donald Trump to
ban the popular app over national security concerns.
Trump and other officials have argued the app could be used for
Chinese espionage, a claim repeatedly denied by TikTok, which does
not operate within China.
According to the report, Microsoft has shifted its view because
of the complexities of splitting the app and making it operable
globally.
TikTok operates in some 150 countries and has an estimated
billion users.
Trump has set a September 15 deadline for any deal that would
take TikTok from the Chinese firm.
AFP
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