Elon Musk not interested in acquiring TikTok

Tesla chief told German summit he usually builds 'companies from scratch'

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Elon Musk had been floated as a potential TitkTok buyer by U.S. President Donald Trump.  © Reuters

(Reuters) -- Billionaire Elon Musk said that he was not interested in purchasing TikTok, the popular short-video app that the United States has been trying to ban over national security concerns with its Chinese owner ByteDance.

Musk's comments, made in late January, were released online Saturday by The WELT Group, a part of the German media company Axel Springer SE, which hosted a summit, where the Tesla chief joined the conference via video.

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