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Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick reportedly wants to buy TikTok


Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has reportedly expressed an interest in buying social media platform TikTo…

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the former CEO recently approached ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming to state his intent, should the company agree to sell the video sharing app. According to sources familiar with the situation, Kotick suggested the idea of buying TikTok at an Allen & Co dinner earlier this week, to a group of potential partners. "This is my message to TikTok: break up with the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to your American users," US Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher said last week, describing China as "America's foremost adversary".

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