TikTok US sale at risk as China issues new restrictions
Beijing's new restrictions include technologies ByteDance uses in short-video TikTok app
Beijing — ByteDance will be required to seek Chinese government approval to sell the US operations of its short-video TikTok app under new restrictions Beijing imposed on the export of artificial intelligence technologies, according to a person familiar with the matter.
AI interface technologies such as speech and text recognition, and those that analyse data to make personalised content recommendations, were added to a revised list of export-control products published on the ministry of commerce’s website late on Friday. Government permits will be required for overseas transfers to “safeguard national economic security”, it said...
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