ByteDance asks China to approve transfer of TikTok’s tech
The popular app’s owner files for green light from Beijing as weekend deadline looms
24 September 2020 - 14:11
ByteDance, the Chinese parent of video app TikTok, has submitted an application in Beijing for permission to export technology, as it tries to work out an agreement with the Trump administration that will avoid a US ban on the service.
The company said it filed the request with the city’s commerce bureau after China tightened restrictions on the export of certain technologies, including those used in TikTok. A spokesperson for the commerce ministry acknowledged the filing on Thursday, saying it’ll be assessed “in accordance with the relevant rules and procedures”...
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