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Why it's Twitter, not Microsoft, that should be buying TikTok - TechCentral

Let’s be blunt. It makes no sense for Microsoft to buy TikTok. Even founder Bill Gates, who no longer has an active role, sees TikTok as a “poisoned chalice”. By Tim Culpan.

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