New export controls announced Friday by China raise questions about the sale of TikTok to a U.S. buyer. China’s regulators added some types of artificial intelligence to its list of banned items, which potentially gives China’s government a role in the sale by possibly requiring Chinese government approval. The list, issued by the Ministry of Commerce, included technology that provided...
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