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TikTok could be bought by Elon Musk

TikTok could be bought by Elon Musk

The Chinese government is reportedly considering a contingency plan to prevent TikTok from being banned in the United States: hand over its US operations to Elon Musk.

This is reported by the American media Bloomberg, which highlights how this plan is one of the options considered by Beijing, as the US Supreme Court prepares to decide whether to uphold the law requiring the Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok's activities in the US by January 19.

Chinese government officials have not yet decided whether to proceed with the option of involving Elon Musk, as the plan is still in its preliminary stages. According to Bloomberg, Beijing would prefer TikTok to remain under the control of parent company ByteDance, but the scenarios are not positive: in the January 10 hearing, the Court judges made it clear that they will likely decide to respect the current law.