When news broke that Microsoft was considering buying the rising social media sensation TikTok, many who’ve followed the software maker for years expressed surprise. Even Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called the potential $30 billion deal “a poisoned chalice.”
TikTok would make for an effective fire sale, following a meteoric rise that’s netted the app more than 100 million users in the US and over 2 billion downloads worldwide by people who’ve turned it into a pop culture sensation. But TikTok is also owned by a Chinese firm,…
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