US investors try to buy TikTok from Chinese owner

This might be a hyperbole or conspiracy but there is a certain logic to it:

Overheard on current US war on Tiktok. A thread:

Talks abt ban on Tiktok subsiding a bit because Tiktok in talks with General Atlantic and Sequoia to sell to a US shell company. US demanding that Tiktok technical staff be completely changed, AI algorithm be based in the US...

https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1288284750273114112

typical us move, interesting to see what this end up with