ByteDance says goal of U.S. was to ban TikTok app rather than force a sale: internal letter

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ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees in an internal letter on Tuesday that the United States goal was not to force a sale of TikTok U.S. operations but rather to ban the app, and that some people had misconceptions about the situation.

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The letter, which was reported by Chinese media and confirmed by a source to Reuters, was sent only to ByteDance’s Chinese employees after news that ByteDance was in talks to sell parts of TikTok to Microsoft Corp prompted online criticism of the firm and Zhang.Reporting by Yingzhi Yang in Beijing and Brenda Goh in Shanghai, editing by Louise Heavens

The letter, which was reported by Chinese media and confirmed by a source to Reuters, was sent only to ByteDance’s Chinese employees after news that ByteDance was in talks to sell parts of TikTok to Microsoft Corp prompted online criticism of the firm and Zhang.Reporting by Yingzhi Yang in Beijing and Brenda Goh in Shanghai, editing by Louise Heavens

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Forced Sale 😂😂😂

China bans Facebook Twitter etc. in China. What is any problem for China if US bans TikTok? No more personal data and CCP propaganda?

Yup. Ship it!

Sell: US has to pay 50B Ban:No cost. And Facebook take all the marketshare by a copied Reel.

There are some Trump's personal grudges involved.

ahhh-sohhh never mind this tiktok_us

SOME OLD MAN'S SON IS GROWN SO STEADY,WHAT A SAD FAMILY AND NOW HAPPY TO JEALOUS THE OTHER PEOPLE IS TANDING WATCHING

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