ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail
Technology
25 April 2024, 7:23 pm 1 minute
Reuters exclusively reported that TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the U.S.
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U.S. President Joe Biden in April signed into law a bill that bans TikTok in the country if ByteDance fails to divest the short video app over the next nine months to a year.
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Topics of Interest: Technology
Type: Reuters Best
Sectors: Technology
Regions: Americas
Countries: United States
Win Types: Exclusivity
Story Types: Exclusive / Scoop
Media Types: Text
Customer Impact: Significant National Story