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TikTok caught in US-China battle over its powerful algorithm
Chinese parent company ByteDance stuck between legal manoeuvres aimed at controlling video app’s future
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The Chinese government is likely to block ByteDance from selling TikTok’s algorithm technology.
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Hannah Murphy, Cristina Criddle and Ryan McMorrow
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The United States and Chinese governments are battling for control over the algorithm that powers TikTok, with the short-form video app trapped in a geopolitical tug of war over its future.
ByteDance, the Beijing-based company that owns TikTok, has faced US demands that the app be sold to cut ties to its home country,
