{"id":269067,"date":"2020-09-17T22:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T02:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269067"},"modified":"2020-09-17T22:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T02:15:15","slug":"tiktok-wont-sell-its-us-operations-says-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/17\/tiktok-wont-sell-its-us-operations-says-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok won\u2019t sell its US operations, says owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_265641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265641\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kon-karampelas-WRNPKfPwN9I-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-265641\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kon-karampelas-WRNPKfPwN9I-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kon-karampelas-WRNPKfPwN9I-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kon-karampelas-WRNPKfPwN9I-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kon-karampelas-WRNPKfPwN9I-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kon-karampelas-WRNPKfPwN9I-unsplash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TikTok was downloaded 315 million times in January-March 2020, more than any app in a single quarter in history, and 26 million times in August, according to analytics company Sensor Tower. (File Photo: Kon Karampelas\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is not selling its US base but is in talks for a possible cooperation in operations, state-run media said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Global Times newspaper, TikTok owner ByteDance said it is in talks with US software giant Oracle, which beat Microsoft in a bidding war to buy the popular app, but any agreement would require an approval of relevant authorities in both Beijing and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlans under discussion don&#8217;t involve sales of its business or technology, and a final deal hasn&#8217;t been signed yet,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>US national security officials fear the firm could provide American user data to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>ByteDance, however, has denied the allegations, saying its user data is stored outside China, and that it is committed to protect the privacy and safety of its users.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump had previously threatened to ban the app unless its US operations were sold to a US company. He has said there will be &#8220;no extension&#8221; to the Sept. 20 sale deadline.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok was downloaded 315 million times in January-March 2020, more than any app in a single quarter in history, and 26 million times in August, according to analytics company Sensor Tower.<\/p>\n<p>China recently updated its export control rules to give it a say over the transfer of technology. Beijing says it will take \u201call necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.\u201d\u00a0<em><strong>(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA\u00a0\u2013 Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is not selling its US base but is in talks for a possible cooperation in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":265641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269068,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269067\/revisions\/269068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}