Microsoft – or any other tech giant interested, for that matter – has until September 15th to buy the Chinese app or President Donald Trump is shutting it down in America. Donnie told reporters this week, the issue is privacy as millions of Americans' personal data is in another country's government's hands when it's not American-owned.
It's being reported that Microsoft is in talks with ByteDance, the parent company for TikTok, and a decision should be made by the deadline set by Prez 45.