Elon Musk is being eyed by Chinese authorities as a potential buyer of TikTok. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

"Without U.S. approval, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval ... TikTok does not operate in China, where ByteDance instead offers Douyin, the Chinese sibling of TikTok that follows Beijing ...

The platform, owned by Chinese company ByteDance ... Without U.S. approval, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions. "Therefore, my ...

TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based private global company founded by Chinese entrepreneurs ... "Okay fine, I'll buy Tik Tok so it doesn't get banned." The YouTuber, who Forbes reported ...