Frank McCourt, the billionaire who wants to buy TikTok, says the path to a sale is murky because 'we don't know what ByteDance is selling'

Frank McCourt has made a $20B bid to buy TikTok without its algorithm but told Business Insider the path toward a sale is murky since the app's parent company, ByteDance, isn't entertaining talks.

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• Billionaire businessman Frank McCourt has made a $20 billion bid to buy TikTok without its algorithm.
• He told Business Insider the path toward a sale is murky since ByteDance isn't entertaining talks.
• TikTok has vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court to stop its looming ban in US app stores.