Microsoft exploring purchase of Chinese-owned TikTok after talk with Trump

Published August 3, 2020 2:16am ET



Microsoft will continue to explore a purchase of Chinese-owned TikTok amid concerns about the popular video-sharing social network’s possible ties to the Chinese Communist Party, the company announced Sunday after CEO Satya Nadella spoke with President Trump.

“Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the President’s concerns,” Microsoft said in a blog post two days after Trump told reporters on Air Force One he planned to ban TikTok in the United States.

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