TikTok Developing Clone Version of Algorithm Amidst US Controversy
TapTechNews May 31 news, according to Reuters reported on May 30, TikTok is developing a clone version of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million US users, which may produce a version that operates independently of the parent company and is more likely to be accepted by US legislators who want to ban the algorithm.
Sources who did not want to be named said that once the code is split, it may lay the foundation for divesting US assets, although there has been no progress so far.
The company had previously said that there is no plan to sell US assets and that such a move is also impossible.
TapTechNews noted that TikTok officially released a statement on the X platform today to respond, stating that the report published by Reuters is misleading and in fact inaccurate.
As we said in the court documents, the 'qualified divestiture' required by the act to allow TikTok to continue to operate in the US is simply impossible: impossible from a business, technical, and legal perspective. And certainly impossible to complete within the 270-day period required by the act.
The spokesperson of Reuters said, 'We stand by our reporting.'
ByteDance also released a notice yesterday, when some media reprinted foreign media reports that 'TikTok had proposed to hand over control to the US government in 2022', this information is not true, please do not spread false information.
According to TapTechNews' previous reports, the US president signed an act on April 24, stipulating that ByteDance must sell TikTok by next year's January 19 or face a ban. TikTok claims that the act is unconstitutional and says it will file a legal challenge against such laws.
The latest news shows that the US court will hear the lawsuit against the TikTok ban in September. On May 14, a group of TikTok creators filed a lawsuit to prevent the law that may ban 170 million Americans from using TikTok, and said that after TikTok and its parent company ByteDance filed similar lawsuits, the law 'had a profound impact on the lives of Americans'.