TikTok has entertained offers from potential buyers like Microsoft and Twitter to appease Trump while ByteDance has been preparing to fight back

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• The video-sharing platform TikTok has been the target of President Donald Trump, most recently through an executive order threatening to soon ban the app in the US due to its ties to China.
• ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, has talked in recent weeks with US tech companies, like Microsoft, about a potential TikTok US acquisition to appease Trump's concerns. However, the South China Morning Post reports these discussions are unlikely to end in a deal.
• Although talks may fall through, ByteDance has no plans to accept a ban. The company is reportedly planning to sue the Trump administration over the executive order as early as Tuesday.
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As the Trump administration has stepped up its attack in recent weeks against TikTok, citing national-security risks, the acquisition of TikTok's US operations by an American company — most likely Microsoft — has been painted as the lone option to avoid a ban. 

However, the South China Morning Post reports that acquisition talks for TikTok's US operations, are "unlikely" to end in a deal, lending support to the idea that ByteDance isn't ready to give up its monstrous American audience without a fight.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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