[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/technology/tiktok-microsoft.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/technology/tiktok-microsoft.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage)
TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app that has been under scrutiny from the Trump administration, is in talks to sell itself to Microsoft and other companies as President Trump prepares to force TikTok to divorce itself from its parent company, ByteDance, said people with knowledge of the discussions.
Mr. Trump, who said on Friday that he was considering “banning TikTok,” is expected to require ByteDance to sever ties with the popular app.
Dalam komentarnya pada hari Jumat, Trump mengatakan kepada wartawan bahwa ada "beberapa opsi" dengan TikTok, termasuk "melarang" itu. Dia menambahkan, “Tapi banyak hal yang terjadi, jadi kita akan lihat apa yang terjadi. Tapi kami mencari banyak alternatif sehubungan dengan TikTok. "
Tidak jelas seberapa canggih pembicaraan TikTok untuk menjual dirinya ke Microsoft dan perusahaan lain, tetapi mengubah kepemilikan sangat penting untuk aplikasi tersebut. Amerika Serikat adalah salah satu pasar utama TikTok, jadi operasi lanjutan di negara ini adalah prioritas
TikTok generally collects similar amounts of data from mobile phones as other social media apps, said security experts. But Christoph Hebeisen, the director of security intelligence research at Lookout, a company that focuses on the security of mobile devices, said U.S. officials are concerned by the app because “if the parent company is Chinese, which it is in this case, they are under Chinese security law.”
He added, “I don’t think it is a stretch to think if China wanted to access that data they would have a means to do so.”