China doesn't want TikTok sold to a US company — this is how it plans to stop a deal

TikTok's algorithms fall under a list of exports that must first be approved by the Chinese officials

TikTok rocketed further into the mainstream in July, when President Trump indicated that his administration would like to see TikTok banned, and later sold off, over alleged privacy concerns stemming from parent company ByteDance being headquartered in China. Big players like Microsoft are interested in making a deal to keep the popular short video platform alive, but sources inside the Chinese government claim the country would rather see TikTok die off in the US rather than be pressured into selling.

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