The bankers definitely want in despite this being a heavy lift because the fees on an estimated $20-plus billion deal could be pretty rich.

Kevin O’Leary’s $20B TikTok offer is rejected as ByteDance confirms it won’t sell the key technology behind the app’s success.

President Trump and his administration rumored to be working on a plan to save TIkTok: acquire it from ByteDance with Oracle and other US investors.

Oracle and a group of investors that includes Microsoft are in talks to take over TikTok’s global operations, reports NPR. The deal, which the White House is reportedly negotiating, would see ByteDance keeping a minority stake in TikTok while “the app’s algorithm,

Three years after a tragic suicide linked to TikTok’s harmful content, a mother and six families have sued the platform for failing to moderate dangerous material. They claim the algorithm targets vulnerable users,

TikTok remains unavailable on Google and Apple’s app stores in the U.S. It can't be downloaded and users who still have the app could see its performance degrade.

The aim is to place oversight control in the hands of American software company Oracle and other investors. Under federal law, TikTok must split apart from China, or face a nationwide ban.

TikTok's influence has been greater than its seemingly short-lived demise. The ByteDance-owned app returns after going dark over the weekend.

President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban

Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure TikTok stays online in the US — and suggested there may be

Several parties have expressed interest in buying the platform, but ByteDance has repeatedly said it does not plan to sell. Experts have also noted the Chinese government is unlikely to approve a sale that includes TikTok’s coveted algorithm. But until ...

TikTok’s attempts to blame the government are deceiving. The law is not an actual ban, and Congress gave TikTok a straightforward path to continue operating as it always has: Sever ties with the Chinese government, and the restrictions will be immediately lifted.