Corporation Microsoft confirmed the information that appeared last week about her desire to buy the popular social network TikTok… More specifically, we are talking about the rights to operate the platform in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In other regions, the application will continue to operate the Chinese holding ByteDance…
Negotiations between Microsoft and ByteDance began after US President Donald Trump announced plans to block TikTok in the country, calling the social network “dangerous for the United States.”
Microsoft’s official press release states that its CEO Satya Nadella discussed the current situation with Donald Trump and took into account the president’s concerns, after which the discussion of the deal with ByteDance continued.
Microsoft promises to ensure the security of Americans’ personal data if it obtains rights to TikTok in the United States, thereby removing the main concern of the authorities. At the same time, the social network itself will not change in any way.
Experts point out that Microsoft may be especially interested in TikTok due to the desire to promote its gaming cloud platform as widely as possible. xCloud and subscription service Game pass… Previously, the corporation agreed to integrate into Facebook and even Instagram… The Xbox team wants users to be able to access xCloud with one click on social media. All console games will run over the cloud on users’ phones.
More than 100 million people use TikTok in the US.
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