TikTok owner: 'No plans' to sell despite deadline

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 27, 2024 12:32 am

BEIJING: Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform or have it banned in the United States.

US lawmakers set the nine-month deadline on national security grounds, alleging that TikTok can be used by the Chinese government for espionage and propaganda as long as it is owned by ByteDance.

In this photo illustration, the logo of TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a US flag and a Chinese in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2023. Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP

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