Too fun to check? Or too worrisome to check?
Let’s face it — anything that takes the data-trawling platform known as TikTok out of the hands of Chinese intelligence would be an improvement. However, a sale to the man who both outright owns X/Twitter and the incoming president’s ear should at least inspire a little chin-stroking.
Chins are being stroked in Beijing, according to Bloomberg:
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.
Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok remains under the ownership of parent ByteDance Ltd., the people say, and the company is contesting the impending ban with an appeal to the US Supreme Court. But the justices signaled during…
