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Scott Younker

Elon Musk reportedly exploring buying TikTok — Bytedance says 'pure fiction'

Elon musk in front of image of earth from space.

Earlier this week, Bloomberg released a report claiming that Chinese officials are looking into potential sales of the US version of TikTok to avoid the TikTok Ban. One possible buyer floated in the report is Tesla/X (nee Twitter)/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

This was partially put out since Elon Musk was a major supporter of the Donald Trump administration, having contributed over $250 million to Trump's reelection campaign. Trump himself has signaled that he might reverse the TikTok ban that was actually started under his first administration and finalized under the current Biden presidency.

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