Trump has given Microsoft until September 15 to put together a blueprint for an acquisition that safeguards the personal data of Americans stored on the short-video app. Microsoft is negotiating a transition period that will give it time to ring-fence TikTok technologically from ByteDance after they agree to a deal, Reuters reported early this month. SEE ALSO: Zoom to shift to 'partner-only' model, suspend direct salesCovid 19 Time SeriesAnother challenge Microsoft faces is how it will transfer TikTok's secret sauce. "Algorithms are not worth anything without the data," said Jim DuBois, a former chief information officer at Microsoft. Microsoft's negotiations for the acquisition of the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia operations of TikTok complicates a separation.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2020 21:01 UTC