TikTok responds to rumors China wants to ask Musk to buy platform: 'pure fiction'

As rumors circulated Monday that China was looking to have the owner of X purchase TikTok, a representative for the latter said it was "pure fiction."

Bloomberg reported on Monday that Chinese officials were looking at an option involving Musk acquiring TikTok’s US operations ahead of a ban of the platform in the US, "according to people familiar with the matter."

The publication wrote that officials in Beijing prefer TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to continue ownership of TikTok...