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Will TikTok find a US buyer?

21/08/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Will TikTok find a US buyer?

President Trump has given the Chinese firm a deadline to sell off its US operations

President Trump has given the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok a deadline to sell off its US operations, or else he will have it shut down in the country. Microsoft and Oracle have been rumoured to be interested.

Russell Brandom of tech site The Verge tells Ed Butler that the extent of what's on offer is over-hyped. But Jason Davis, associate professor of entrepreneurship at Insead says a US-only version of the app would still have considerable merit. In any case, Sandra Wachter, associate professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, says the threat President Trump thinks TikTok represents won't go away simply by shaving off its US operations.

Producer: Edwin Lane

(Picture Credit: Getty Images.)

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