Algorithms not for sale: ByteDance may shutdown TikTok in the U.S. if legal options fail

Get the Full StoryA shut-down would have limited impact on ByteDance s business while the company would not have to give up its core algorithm.

TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the U.S., four sources said.

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