ByteDance prefers to shut down TikTok in US if legal options fail: report

ByteDance prefers to shut down TikTok in US if legal options fail: report

FILE PHOTO: U.S. flag and TikTok logos are seen in this illustration taken, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

TikTok-owner ByteDance would prefer to shut 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 US, said four sources.