TikTok responds to rumors China wants to ask Musk to buy platform: ‘pure fiction’

As rumors circulated Monday that China was looking to have the owner of X purchase TikTok, a representative for the latter said it was “pure fiction.”

Bloomberg reported on Monday that Chinese officials were looking at an option involving Musk acquiring TikTok’s US operations ahead of a ban of the platform in the US, “according to people familiar with the matt