Microsoft said on Monday that it is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok and will complete these discussions no later than September 15. Photo: DPAMicrosoft said on Monday that it is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok and will complete these discussions no later than September 15. Photo: DPA
Microsoft said on Monday that it is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok and will complete these discussions no later than September 15. Photo: DPA
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TikTok owner ByteDance blasts Facebook for ‘plagiarism and smears’ amid threat of US ban

  • In a statement about the difficulties of going global, ByteDance said one of its challenges was ‘the plagiarism and smears of competitor Facebook’
  • Facebook is launching a TikTok-like product, Instagram Reels in the US in early August

Topic |   TikTok
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Coco Feng in Beijing and Tracy Qu

Updated: 10:58pm, 3 Aug, 2020

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Microsoft said on Monday that it is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok and will complete these discussions no later than September 15. Photo: DPAMicrosoft said on Monday that it is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok and will complete these discussions no later than September 15. Photo: DPA
Microsoft said on Monday that it is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok and will complete these discussions no later than September 15. Photo: DPA
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