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“We cannot be expected to comment on pure fiction,” a TikTok spokesperson told BBC News.
Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that one possible scenario being considered by Chinese officials would be for Musk’s X social media platform to take control of TikTok’s US operations.
Musk is a close ally of the newly elected US President Donald Trump, who is scheduled to return to the White House on January 20.
Last month, Trump urged the Supreme Court to delay its decision until he takes office to allow him to seek a “political solution.”
His lawyer filed a legal filing with the court saying that Trump “opposes the ban on TikTok” and “seeks to be able to resolve the issue through political means once he takes office.”
This came a week after Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The Biden administration has argued that without the sale, China could use TikTok as a tool for spying and political manipulation.
The company has repeatedly denied any influence from the Chinese Communist Party and said the US ban law violates users’ First Amendment free speech rights.
