Apr 10th 2025
ANYONE WANT to buy a used social network? One careful Chinese owner, 170m users in America and revenue there of $12bn last year. The White House is running a chaotic auction for TikTok, a Chinese-owned app that Congress has ordered to find a non-Chinese owner or else face a ban. On April 4th, on the eve of the cut-off for the app’s sale, Donald Trump announced that he was extending the deadline by another 75 days.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The clock is ticking”
April 12th 2025
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