ByteDance won’t allow TikTok’s algorithm to be part of a sale; Microsoft is rejected as suitor

September 14, 2020

As the deadline for a forced sale or shutdown of the U.S. operations of the TikTok video-sharing app fast approaches, ByteDance is said to have decided its algorithm won’t be part of any sale that happens.

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