ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.

Could Elon Musk save TikTok in the US? China weighs option to sell the controversial TikTok social media app's US operations ahead of looming ban

China is reportedly exploring the possibility of selling TikTok's US operations to Elon Musk, according to Bloomberg. The move is said to be under consideration by China if TikTok is unable to avoid a potential ban in the US and can't sell the app to a US-approved buyer by this Sunday,

Some U.S. TikTok users have flocked to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, in protest of the looming ban.

Two social media apps have taken the first and second slots on the App Store’s top free apps list: Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote (the Chinese name translates to “little red book”), and Lemon8, which is owned by TikTok owner ByteDance.

As a potential US ban on TikTok looms, some users of the video platform are already migrating... to other Chinese-owned lifestyle apps. Two apps owned by Chinese companies, Xiaohungshu (which translates to "little red book" and has been called RedNote) and Lemon8,