Elon Musk in talks with Chinese officials to buy TikTok: Report

Uneasiness is emerging among users of the short video app TikTok, which is facing a ban in the US. Parent company ByteDance must find a non-Chinese buyer for its American operations by Jan 18 to escape the penalty. One name has come up - Elon Musk. A Bloomberg report suggested that Chinese officials are in early talks with the billionaire and Tesla founder over his possibly purchase of TikTok's US operations.