Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, is very different and "much more pro-social," NYU professor Jonathan Haidt told Business Insider in Davos.
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ByteDance board member confident deal to save TikTok in US will be reached soon
Trump can save TikTok without forcing a sale, ByteDance board member claims
TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly still searching for non-sale options to stay in the US after the Supreme Court upheld a national security law requiring that TikTok's US operations either be shut down or sold to a non-foreign adversary.
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ByteDance director Bill Ford says deal coming to save TikTok in the U.S.
The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The CEO of investment firm General Atlantic, a board member of TikTok's parent company, said on Thursday that he was optimistic that a deal to keep the short-video app operating in the United States would be agreed.
Pausing the enforcement of the TikTok ban was one of a slew of executive orders Trump signed on Monday.
The World Economic Forum, colloquially called "Davos" after the location at which it's hosted in the Swiss mountains, is a yearly meeting of elites.
TikTok is staying in the U.S. for now, but its future remains uncertain. President Donald Trump this week paused a ban on the app and said he has "the right to make a deal" to try to save it. Legal experts questioned whether he can override a federal law that bans it.
United States President Donald Trump is seemingly using TikTok, a popular social media platform owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, as a bargaining chip for Sino-US economic and trade relations, experts and market insiders said on Tuesday.
Billionaire Frank McCourt remains open to partnering with other buyers in acquiring TikTok's U.S. operations, but insists on maintaining control. McCourt's Project Liberty submitted a bid without including TikTok's algorithm,
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -U.S. businessman Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other buyers on a bid to take over the U.S. operations of TikTok as long as he can maintain control of the asset, he told Reuters at the Davos event on Thursday.
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The Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel group that controls north-western Yemen, have fired at US ships dozens of times. The executive order signed by Trump on Wednesday says the Houthis are responsible for deadly attacks in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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