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Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard who stepped down at the end of last year, is apparently interested in buying TikTok as a new or force its sale. According to a report by , Kotick mentioned the idea of partnering on such a purchase to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others seated with him at a conference dinner last week, and brought it up with ByteDance Executive Chair Zhang Yiming. If TikTok is sold, the WSJ notes, it would likely go for hundreds of billions of dollars.Kotick led Activision for over 30…

The US government would be in a stronger legal position if lawmakers ordered China's ByteDance to divest TikTok, rather than simply banning the short video app used by 170 million Americans, the Justice Department told Congress in a document seen by Reuters.Lawmakers and the Biden administration say TikTok poses enormous national security risks because the Chinese government could gain access to data from millions of American users.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM…

Former President Trump signaled his opposition Thursday to legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. despite his previous support for banning the social media app. In a post on Truth Social, the former president claimed a TikTok ban would benefit Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who serves as CEO of its parent company, Meta. “If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business,” Trump said. “I don’t want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better.…

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary suggested that he will buy social media platform TikTok if a proposed ban goes ahead Friday. “Not going to get banned, ‘cause I’m gonna buy it,” O’Leary said on Fox News’ “The Story” in an interview with anchor Gillian Turner. “Somebody’s going to buy it, it won’t be Meta and it won’t be Google, ‘cause…regulator stop that.” On Tuesday, a bipartisan House bill that would ban the popular app if its China-based parent company ByteDance doesn’t divest from it was unveiled.…

A bill that could potentially end the presence of the popular video-sharing app TikTok in the United States is up for a decision in the House of Representatives as lawmakers continue to voice safety and privacy concerns. Here’s all you need to know:The House will fast-track a vote next week on legislation that requires ByteDance to either divest TikTok and other applications it controls within 180 days of enactment of the bill, or face a ban in the United States.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

President Joe Biden said on Friday he would sign legislation that gives China's ByteDance about six months to divest the popular TikTok short video app as his rival Trump raised concerns about a ban of the service used by 170 million Americans.The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week on the TikTok crackdown bill after a committee on Thursday unanimously approved the measure. The House will vote on the proposal under rules requiring two-thirds of members to vote "yes" to win…

Donald Trump appeared to come out in defense of TikTok, the social media platform facing a potential ban by Congress, in a flurry of posts late Thursday on his social media platform Truth Social. The platform, it should be noted, experienced a widespread outage as the former president attempted to live-tweet President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech.Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album | The Meme Machine“If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business. I don’t want Facebook,…

When some users scrolled through TikTok today, they were confronted with a rather alarming pop-up: “Stop a TikTok shutdown,” it says, urging users to “tell Congress what TikTok means to you” with a call button.The pop-up, which users said they could bypass after closing out of the app and reopening it, comes as the House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to discuss a new bipartisan bill on Thursday. If passed, the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” would leave TikTok with two…

The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday is expected to vote on legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest from short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban.Committee approval would set up a vote by U.S. House of Representatives that represents the first significant momentum for a U.S. crackdown on TikTok, which about 170 million U.S. users.Representative Mike Gallagher, the Republican chairman of the House select China committee, and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the panel’s top…

TikTok sent a push notification to United States users on Thursday morning asking them to call their local representative to “Stop a TikTok shutdown.” The app refers to a bipartisan bill gaining momentum in Congress this week which could ban TikTok altogether.Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album | The Meme Machine“Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok,” said the push notification to TikTok users, seen by Gizmodo. “Speak up now – before your government strips 170 million Americans of their Constitutional…