on Sunday that it was in conversations with the company about acquiring TikTok's operations in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.TikTok, which has more than 100 million users in the U.S., has drawn scrutiny because of its Chinese owner.
The Trump administration has worried that, through ByteDance, the personal data of U.S. TikTok users could find its way into the hands of the Chinese government."These risks are real," reads his executive order. "The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security."In a lengthy statement issued over the weekend, Microsoft acknowledged Trump's concerns and said it would "build on the experience TikTok users currently love, while adding.
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