Summary

China is reportedly considering a plan for Elon Musk to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations to avoid a potential ban, according to Bloomberg.

The move would satisfy a U.S. law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok by Jan. 19 due to national security concerns.

If not resolved, U.S. service providers supporting TikTok could face penalties.

The plan, still preliminary, would have Musk oversee TikTok U.S. alongside X.

ByteDance’s awareness of the plan is unclear.

  • @frickineh
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    151 day ago

    Well, that’s one way to get people to stop using it, I guess.

      • @frickineh
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        316 hours ago

        It’s less about people’s personal feelings about him and more that he turns everything he touches into a pile of shit that only a fanboy could love.

        • @[email protected]
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          115 hours ago

          It’s not binary like that. Just because one doesn’t avoid everything he touches like the plague doesn’t mean they’re a fanboy then. Most people simply don’t care.

          • @frickineh
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            215 hours ago

            I mean, people care that the user experience goes downhill after he takes over. The only people claiming Twitter isn’t hot garbage are the ones who actively like him.

            • @[email protected]
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              115 hours ago

              It was hot garbage before Musk and people still kept using it. The world is not binary like that.