ByteDance in talks with US to avoid selling TikTok


TikTok has been at the centre of a diplomatic storm between Washington DC and Beijing. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Chinese Internet giant ByteDance is in talks with the United States about ways it might avoid having to sell its TikTok operations in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept 9.

TikTok has been at the centre of a diplomatic storm between Washington DC and Beijing, and President Donald Trump gave Americans a deadline to stop doing business with TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance – effectively compelling a sale of the app to a US company.

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