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Trump Confirms Microsoft-TikTok Acquisition Talks

CosmicTaco · 2025-01-28T11:20:05.592924+05:30

- President Trump announced that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, aiming for a bidding war over the app. - TikTok faces a potential ban unless its Chinese owner ByteDance sells it due to national security concerns. - Previous talks between Microsoft and TikTok in 2020 fell through, with CEO Satya Nadella calling it the 'strangest deal' he's worked on. Source: [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-says-microsoft-is-talks-acquire-tiktok-2025-01-28/)

President Trump announced that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, aiming for a bidding war over the app.
TikTok faces a potential ban unless its Chinese owner ByteDance sells it due to national security concerns.
Previous talks between Microsoft and TikTok in 2020 fell through, with CEO Satya Nadella calling it the 'strangest deal' he's worked on.

Source: Reuters