Chinese officials are considering an option that would involve American billionaire and entrepreneur Elon Musk managing TikTok’s US operations. This was reported by Bloomberg Citing sources in the PRC.
According to the material, China prefers TikTok to remain owned by parent company ByteDance. However, during arguments in the United States on January 10, the judges made clear that such an outcome was unlikely. Therefore, Chinese officials are discussing methods of interaction with the team of the next American President Donald Trump. One of the action plans involves Musk.
“Chinese officials have not yet reached a firm consensus on how to proceed, and their talks are still preliminary,” Bloomberg said.
Another option to get around the ban is to switch existing social media customers in the US to a similar app from a different brand, one of the sources said.
Trump at the end of December appealed He petitioned the Supreme Court to postpone the TikTok ban in the USA. In his appeal, the politician wants to be allowed to be a mediator in resolving the dispute between US authorities and the social network after the inauguration on January 20: He aims to prevent TikTok from being banned in the country. the rights of “tens of millions” of Americans and the solution to the national security problem. The Supreme Court heard the oral arguments of the parties on January 10, and the social network may be blocked on January 19.
In April 2024, current US President Joe Biden signed a law stipulating that the platform must come under the control of an American company or it will be banned from operating in the country. US officials fear that the Chinese government may request user data or use the app for propaganda purposes. However, TikTok has repeatedly stated that it disagrees with these concerns.
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Source: Gazeta

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