Whoever says nothing consents. In any case, on Tuesday January 14 in the morning, the verbose Elon Musk had not published the slightest message on the possible buyout of TikTok’s interests by X (formerly Twitter) in the United States. The affair was officially denied by TikTok at Wall Street Journal : “We cannot be expected to comment on pure fiction. »
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Certainly. But, in a world where reality exceeds fiction, the Bloomberg agency undoubtedly raised a hare, Monday January 13, by putting forward, in a dispatch, this hypothesis. According to the economic news agency, senior Chinese officials have already started discussing contingency plans for TikTok if its ban is confirmed in the United States. This could involve Elon Musk, who already owns the X network and is on good terms with the Chinese state, with his Tesla factory in Shanghai.
-According to a scenario mentioned by the Chinese government, details Bloomberg, X would take control of TikTok United States. With more than 170 million users across the Atlantic, TikTok could support X’s efforts to attract advertisers while Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, could benefit from data from TikTok. But, according to Bloomberg, Chinese officials have not yet found a firm consensus on the way forward, and their deliberations are still preliminary. The agency says it does not know whether ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is aware of the Chinese government’s discussions or whether TikTok and Musk were involved.
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