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China Rebuffs Trump Offer Of Tariff Concessions If Beijing Agrees TikTok Deal

China rebuffed on Thursday a suggestion from US President Donald Trump that he might offer to reduce tariffs on the country to get Beijing's approval for the sale of popular social media platform TikTok.

International Business Times · Mar 27, 2025

AI Startup Perplexity Confirms Interest To Buy TikTok

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Friday expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned in the United States.

International Business Times · Mar 21, 2025

Oracle Emerges As Key Player In Potential Deal To Keep TikTok Operational In The US

Sources familiar with the matter said that Oracle was being brought in this week to discuss a potential solution, with the company possibly managing American user data and preventing the Chinese government from accessing it.

International Business Times · Mar 17, 2025

TikTok owner ByteDance’s value has jumped up - how will it affect the social media app’s sale?

One potential buyer of the social media app was looking at paying $20bn without the algorithm included

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

UK watchdog to investigate TikTok and Reddit over use of children’s data

Information Commissioner’s Office says it aims to learn about wider market by looking into two sites plus Imgur

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025

Tom Cotton gingerly steps on Trump’s toes as he eviscerates TikTok in book

Republican seeks to shine light on major threat to US interests in Seven Things You Can’t Say About China – but may come to regret his moves as missteps

The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2025

DeepSeek accused of sharing users' data with TikTok's ByteDance in another blow around privacy concerns

According to South Korea's data regulator, the two Chinese tech firms are "communicating." Here's what's at stake for users' privacy.

TechRadar · Feb 19, 2025

DeepSeek accused of sharing user data with TikTok owner ByteDance

South Korea has accused the Chinese AI start-up of sharing user data with TikTok’s China-based parent firm.

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025

TikTok is back on app stores as ByteDance continues to sort out US concerns

ByteDance's TikTok has returned to Google and Apple app stores.

Android Central · Feb 14, 2025

TikTok has finally returned to Apple and Google app stores in the US – but for how long?

Users in the US can once again download TikTok, as well as installing updates and bug fixes

Digital Camera World · Feb 14, 2025