Chinese Officials consider Elon Musk Takeover of TikTok US

16 Jan 2025

Okay, there are a lot of gaps in this story at present, and it’s not as straightforward as some headlines may suggest.

But reportedly, Chinese government officials have been exploring the possibility of Elon Musk taking control of TikTok in the U.S., as a means to keep the app available to American users, if the government’s forced sell-off bill is upheld by the Supreme Court, as expected, this week.

The story first broke late yesterday, that Elon may take control of TikTok as an alternative to the app being banned in the U.S. TikTok quickly denied the speculation, and dismissed the report as “pure fiction.”