Microsoft has made an official statement detailing its intention to acquire TikTok and the moment in which it is in this complicated management process with its own government.
From Microsoft they have decided to reveal their cards and not only have they admitted their intention to take over TikTok, they have also published a statement on their blog where they comment on the moment they are in and some of the difficulties they must face in this complicated purchase that they have an undeniable political aspect.
TikTok has been at the center of controversy for some time, and initial rumors about its blocking in the United States have turned into direct threats from Trump . The president’s statements and Huawei’s example have been enough to make it impossible to ignore the danger to the popular application, but the arrival of American investors can change everything .
Microsoft has not only announced that it plans to acquire TikTok in some territories , but has also launched an appeal to other investors to join a movement that would place Nadella’s company as one of the great competitors in the social network sector. , where it is kept on a second line.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has spoken directly with Donald Trump to pave the way, since no one doubts the White House’s ability to block the purchase, although no specific point Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue negotiations and explore the purchase of TikTok in the United States .”
The TikTok purchase would be coupled with an app overhaul and major app changes aimed at reassuring the US government. Microsoft ” agrees to acquire TikTok subject to a full security review and to provide corresponding economic benefits to the United States .But this is not a bet on the future and it has a deadline, September 15 .
The deal that may come before that day would see Microsoft gain control of Tiktok over the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
it has already been blocked .This would overcome one of the main problems that the Trump administration faces in TikTok, by guaranteeing that ” all the private data of the American users of TikTok is To the extent that that data is currently stored or backed up outside of the United States, Microsoft will ensure that they are removed from servers outside of the country after they are transferred .”
be paid by Microsoft for controlling a business of such volume . The only thing that can be ventured is that the news with TikTok will continue in the coming months.