TikTok executives proposed giving the Biden administration control over its U.S. operations and a kill switch if things went south.
The Biden administration declined, forfeiting potential influence over one of the world’s most popular apps in favor of shutting it down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/29/tiktok-cfius-proposal-rejected/
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