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China won’t accept the US’s “theft” of TikTok and may retaliate, state media said, raising the threat of Beijing’s opposition to Microsoft Corp.’s envisioned purchase of the social media app’s American operations.

It would be unprecedented, based on recent history, for the US government to collect a cut of a transaction involving companies in which it doesn’t hold a stake.

US President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it could secure a deal in 45 days.

Trump said late Friday (July 31) he plans to ban TikTok from the U.S. following concerns about data collection by the popular app, and suggested a move could come as soon as Saturday.

What is all this fuss about US President Donald Trump banning the most popular mobile app for teenagers around the world?

The new base was set to create 3,000 jobs.

Tik Tok's exit follows the implementation of a new national security law for the semi-autonomous city.

China has penalized 10 of the country’s most popular livestreaming apps, suspending some of their operations in a renewed crackdown on fast-growing services backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd.

SINGAPORE (Nov 4): Late last week, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on stage at The Paley Center for Media in New York to launch a new News Tab for the giant social media platform. Instead of relying on fake news or Russian bots, Facebook wil