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Title: TikTok buyout could cost $100B – and won’t include the algorithm
Post by: HCK on May 24, 2024, 04:05:16 pm
TikTok buyout could cost $100B – and won’t include the algorithm

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/05/TikTok-buyout.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>A <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/tiktok/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TikTok[/url] buyout by an American company appears to be the only way for <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/24/tiktok-ban-divest-bill-signed-into-law/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the app to survive in the US[/url], and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/30/tiktok-could-be-banned-in-europe/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">potentially in Europe too[/url]. But potential buyers could find themselves paying a lot of money and not getting the one thing they really want: the algorithm.</p>



<p>Real-estate billionaire Frank McCourt and former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin are among those who have confirmed they are planning bids for the app …</p>



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