Microsoft’s Bid for TikTok Rejected by ByteDance

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe federal judge who blocked the White House’s ban on TikTok downloads in the U.S. Sunday night said that the Trump administration “likely exceeded the lawful bounds” of the powers afforded to the president under the the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.President Trump invoked the IEEPA in his executive order to ban TikTok, the short-form video app owned by Chinese internet giant ByteDance, in the United States.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticDonald Trump suffered another blow on Sunday as a federal judge hit the pause button on the former Celebrity Apprentice host ban on the Chinese created widely successful video app.Coming just as the New York Times dropped a bombshell expose on Trump’s long hidden taxes and debts, the partial injunction granted by U.S.

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an American-owned company, after voicing concerns that the app, which is owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance, was misusing user information and jeopardizing national security. If a sale isn’t approved by that date, Trump said, he’ll ban new downloads of the app in U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe fate of TikTok isn’t fully settled yet.In a sign that the talks over the ownership transfer of TikTok to U.S.-controlled parties — forced by the Trump administration — could potentially get derailed, Oracle and ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent, are making different claims about who will own what in the newly reincarnated TikTok Global.On Sunday, ByteDance said in a statement that it would own 80% of TikTok Global, with Oracle and Walmart collectively taking

TikTok will seemingly continue to operate in the US after President Donald Trump gave his “blessing” to a proposed deal that will see the video-sharing app partnering with Oracle.The app, along with WeChat, had previously faced a download ban after the US government said they were both  “active participants in China’s civil-military fusion” and alleged that they collect “vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories.”But it will now

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPresident Trump said he approved in principle the deal under which Oracle and Walmert would receive ownership stakes in Chinese-owned app TikTok. His remarks come a day before his administration’s ban on TikTok app downloads in the U.S.

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TikTok videos with dating tips and advice during quarantine, it’s no wonder her videos quickly went viral.“I started with a dating tour guide of Manhattan … my first video was about the best places to meet rich eligible bachelors in New York’s downtown scene,” she explained.In the video — that’s racked up nearly 50,000 views since she posted it in June — the New Orleans native lists all the bars and restaurants where moneyed men like to hang out.

TikTok and WeChat from Sunday (September 20), a statement from the Department of Commerce has confirmed.According to The Telegraph, the block comes as TikTok seeks approval from the US government for a deal with American computer corporation Oracle.The Trump government has forced TikTok to join forces with an American company to ensure that the hugely popular video app does not send user data to China.Announcing the download ban, the US government said that both apps were “active participants

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ByteDance has selected Oracle as its partner for a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., a source familiar with the talks confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. The decision comes as ByteDance has rejected a bid by Microsoft that earlier this summer was seen as the likely option for the company as it looked to avoid a shutdown of the popular social media app amid increased tensions between the U.S.

TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has reportedly chosen Oracle as a “technology partner” for its US operations after Microsoft’s bid to buy the platform’s American branch was rejected.As reported by The Washington Post, two anonymous sources said that Oracle was chosen on Sunday (September 13) to be TikTok’s technology partner, and that the companies had brokered a deal to alleviate criticism brought on by the Trump administration.The sources said that TikTok recently put forward a

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in a statement. “We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests.”TheWrap has reached out to ByteDance, Oracle and Microsoft for comment.Microsoft, which is worth about $1.6 trillion, is looking to buy TikTok from its Beijing-based parent company Bytedance for $50 billion, Reuters reported in July.

South China Morning Post reports that the ByteDance board of directors wants to keep the site’s source code under its ownership, though a potential new owner for the site would be able to devise a new source code and sharing algorithm.

will henceforth be known as “The Charli.”D’Amelio, who has more than 80 million followers on TikTok and is said to be worth $4 million, is often filmed with her trademark drink in hand, sometimes taking a swig of the good stuff before unveiling her latest viral vid on the app.