WASHINGTON – General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford said on Wednesday that a deal would get done to save TikTok in the U.S. after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that halted a ban on the app for 75 days.
US President Trump has suggested that Elon Musk should buy TikTok with a government partnership. Here are all the details on this.
As the Jan. 19 date for a TikTok ban approaches, another name is emerging as a potential buyer: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who already owns X.
Buying TikTok would further solidify Musk's position as one of the most powerful men in the U.S. and the world.
Reports about Chinese officials eyeing Musk as the buyer of TikTok’s U.S. operations are “not a total shock” given Musk’s relationship with Trump, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.
Chinese officials reportedly want ByteDance Ltd. to remain the owners of TikTok but is in discussion on how to work with the Trump Administration.
ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds
TikTok was only offline for 12 hours in the US before incoming president Donald Trump signalled that he would delay the nationwide ban of the Chinese-owned app.
TikTok denied a report that China is exploring a sale of the app to Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational in America amid a looming U.S. ban.
The report claimed that the option is being considered if the social media giant cannot avoid a controversial ban being proposed by US authorities.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. A ban on TikTok in the United States could go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, if Beijing-based parent company ByteDance doesn't sell the video-sharing app's U.S ...
YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.