Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on a potential TikTok acquisition: “I think it’s an exciting avenue for Microsoft to really increase its consumer base.”
against Microsoft in the European Union, Microsoft has seemed to mostly fly under the radar in the United States.
Based on his experience navigating Microsoft's U.S. antitrust case, Ballmer said his former company would be prepared for any scrutiny regarding TikTok. "Even on the enterprise business, there's always issues of national sovereignty — where do you store data and the like?" he said. "This would be a continuation of a theme, and I think Microsoft's got a real sophistication about that borne of a history and a track record of having to work with governments and understanding that government is part of the fabric of everything.
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