The “brand” of TikTok is valuable enough to demand a reasonable price. Several billionaires have indicated they would buy it if banned by the Supreme Court. If this is it, then US or US and foreign (not China) billionaires could bid to purchase the code and move data to a US data center, severing all ties to the Chinese government. This is the wild card in negotiating the deal. Will a Chinese government agent be at the negotiating table? I’m guessing yes they would.
The US government seems to want to disallow a social medium platform that is easily susceptible to pressure in the USA.
The “brand” of TikTok is valuable enough to demand a reasonable price. Several billionaires have indicated they would buy it if banned by the Supreme Court. If this is it, then US or US and foreign (not China) billionaires could bid to purchase the code and move data to a US data center, severing all ties to the Chinese government. This is the wild card in negotiating the deal. Will a Chinese government agent be at the negotiating table? I’m guessing yes they would.