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French data privacy watchdog opens preliminary investigation into TikTok

TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, is already under investigation over privacy concerns by US, European Union and Dutch authorities

Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok's takeover

Microsoft is negotiating a transition period that will give it time to ringfence TikTok technologically from ByteDance after they agree to a deal, Reuters reported on Aug 2

Twitter keen to buy TikTok ops in US, experts doubt it has money: Report

It isn't certain Twitter would be able to outbid Microsoft and complete such a transformative deal in the 45 days that President Trump has given ByteDance to agree to a sale

TikTok preparing advertisers for possible app ban in the US

Some advertisers are forming contingency plans and considering other apps to move their marketing budgets

TikTok's billionaire founder in dilemma as tug-of-war over app rages on

Zhang, whose ByteDance Ltd owns TikTok, was on the verge of building the world's third truly global advertising and social-media force

'Rupture in digital world' as Trump orders ban on TikTok, WeChat in 45 days

Tiktok has come under fire from US lawmakers and the administration over national security concerning data collection

Donald Trump signs order banning transactions with TikTok parent company

The order says the US "must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security", BBC reported

TikTok's sale to US-based company may alleviate security concerns: Expert

India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, including TikTok, a move welcomed by both the Trump administration and the US lawmakers

Microsoft chasing deal to buy all of TikTok's global business: Report

One person close to ByteDance in India said there was a "deal in the works" with Microsoft for TikTok India but it fell through, according to the report

Why Tiktok is worth buying regardless of its pitfalls, unresolved questions

TikTok could try to lower the risk for an acquirer by striking multiyear exclusive deals with its most popular American creators, the way that platforms like YouTube and Twitch have done

Donald Trump's bid to force TikTok sale follows well-trod legal path

Trump's demand has set off a geopolitical tug-of-war, but it has ample precedent

Microsoft may buy TikTok's India business if ban revoked: Experts

For a deal to work, they say, US firm will have to accept data localisation and keep servers in India

Donald Trump's real goal is to kill off TikTok, says ByteDance CEO

He said a government probe into the company's 2017 purchase of Musical.ly, - TikTok's progenitor - was intended to spur a complete shutout

US wants to ban TikTok rather than force a sale: Internal ByteDance letter

The letter was sent only to ByteDance's Chinese employees after news that ByteDance was in talks to sell parts of TikTok to Microsoft Corp

Donald Trump seeks TikTok payment to US, despite no clear authority

It would be unprecedented, based on recent history, for the US government to collect a cut of a transaction involving companies in which it doesn't hold a stake

Microsoft's takeover would be a win for TikTok and tech giants - not users

If successful, Microsoft will take over the app's operations in the US and potentially also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

With TikTok, 'uncool' Microsoft aims for love of tweens, perception change

Microsoft made the announcement after its chief executive, Satya Nadella, talked with President Trump, who had threatened to ban the hugely popular social media company, which is owned by ByteDance

TikTok, Donald Trump and an impulse to act as CEO to Corporate America

The president's interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm's-length approach of predecessors of either party

Chinese unicorn ByteDance to shift HQ from Beijing to London: Report

A formal announcement from ByteDance's founders on setting up shop in London is expected soon, said the report

Tiktok's ByteDance initiates talks with tech firm for US operations: Report

President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft Corp to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it could secure a deal in 45 days