China has successfully kneecapped Trump's TikTok ban as sale talks hit a speed bump - Business Insider

. Included among these was any content-recommendation technology, meaning TikTok's parent company ByteDance would have to seek government permission if it was going to include TikTok's recommendation algorithm, which decides what videos to show users, in any deal. TikTok's recommendation algorithm is considered the secret sauce that makes the app both highly addictive and valuable.

Currently, TikTok's Chinese parent firm ByteDance is in talks with prospective acquirers about selling off parts of the app to a US buyer, including its US operations. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the prospect of having to strip TikTok of its recommendation algorithm had stalled acquisition talks. A source close to the talks told the Journal that buying TikTok without its recommendation algorithm would be like buying a fancy car with a cheap engine.

Reuters reported Tuesday that TikTok's prospective buyers have come up with four ways to they could set up a deal. They are:This could potentially lower the sale price, as any buyer would have to subsequently build their own algorithms from scratch.This could be a lengthy process that exceeds Trump's September 20 deadline for talks, plus there's no guarantee Beijing would sign off on it.

China's intervention has apparently also caused ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming to reconsider his options, sources told

It is a game. Germans want to sell Tiktok. Trump is helping. What US will get, is a red lemon.

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People seem ok with letting China's Communist Party have their personal preferences and info.

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