Microsoft’s TikTok buyout would cover every Five Eyes nation other than the UK

Posted by wlscr on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:36AM
from the tech.newstatesman.com dept.

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Re:Microsoft’s TikTok buyout would cover every Five Eyes nat... by chloerei on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:48AM (#24048308)

Why exclude the UK? Is the UK ready to force another local company to acquire TikTok?

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Re:Microsoft’s TikTok buyout would cover every Five Eyes nat... by mytailorisrich on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:00AM (#24048378)

As mentioned in the article, TikTok is currently considering locating its international HQ in London ( = investment + jobs for the UK ).

Siding with the US on this would mean no TikTok HQ.

Therefore TikTok obviously wants to be able to exist in the UK and the UK government is still considering whether it should be welcoming or hostile.

I'm sure that companies would be happy to buy TikTok on the cheap. What is happening is rather forcing Bytedance to sell.

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