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China is calling a TikTok deal a win. What's in it for them?
Experts tell the BBC what a final deal might look like, and what Beijing might get in return.
Other companies have tried to re-create the algorithm - Instagram has Reels, YouTube has Shorts - but they are not as good, a former social media executive who worked for Snap and Viber told the BBC, speaking on the condition of anonymity. These questions over national security spurred legislation that former president Joe Biden signed into law last year, requiring TikTok to hand over control of its US operations or face a ban. "Put simply: the statute requires full separation from 'foreign adversary' control, and a license would not appear to meet that test," lawyer Hdeel Abdelhady told the BBC.
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