Microsoft Will Not Be Acquiring TikTok After ByteDance Rejects Offer

Just horrible.

Taio Cruz has explained why he quit TikTok, saying that messages and comments on the app had caused him to have “suicidal thoughts”.The singer and rapper posted a note on his Instagram page, revealing the details behind his decision to leave the video-sharing app.“I’m DEFINITELY NOT going back to TikTok anytime soon,” he said, after thanking fans for their supportive messages. “My body was shaking and I had suicidal thoughts.

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.

use the app. Loren Gray’s song clips and Sarah Cooper’s Trump parodies can continue.So if you have TikTok on your phone heading into Sunday, you’re still able to post all the videos you like.

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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.

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.

Jordan Moreau Microsoft’s bid to buy the U.S. operations of the Chinese video app TikTok was rejected on Sunday, the company announced.The tech giant was seen as a frontrunner to acquire the U.S.

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.