Twitter in early talks to acquire TikTok

By Greg Roumeliotis and Kanishka Singh
Updated August 9 2020 - 10:36am, first published 10:30am
Social media giant Twitter is in early talks to acquire TikTok's US operations, sources say.
Social media giant Twitter is in early talks to acquire TikTok's US operations, sources say.

Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the US operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put together financing for a potential deal.

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