APPLE INSIDER
A report claiming that Apple has expressed an interest in buying the TikTok video-sharing social network has been explicitly denied by the company.
Amid threats of a presidential ban and a potential acquisition of its US operations, news stories surrounding the fate of the highly popular TikTok have centered around how Microsoft was supposedly buying into the company. According to sources of one report, Apple could have been interested in making a similar purchase.Multiple sources of Axios claim Apple “expressed interest” with buying TikTok from ByteDance. However, the report stresses that none of the sources are based within Apple, indicating the sources may be either connected more with TikTok’s US outfit or a middleman between the two companies, if discussions were taking place.
Source: APPLE INSIDER