According to Reuters, even though TikTok is fighting the ban, it's still creating a US-based clone of its recommendation algorithm that functions independently of the Chinese one. The move has been in the works, Reuters says, since before last year's legal battle (the company also sued the US government earlier this month over the law).

TikTok has tried to convince lawmakers of its US independence before, with the “Project Texas” data silo that it described as “an unprecedented initiative dedicated to makin

TikTok has until January 19th, 2025, to sell the company to a US bidder before getting banned. The company has said before that it does not plan to sell and that such a move would be impossible. However, Reuters’s sources say that once the code splitting is done, “it could lay the groundwork for a divestiture of the U.S. assets.”

TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million U.S. users that may result in a version that operates independently of its Chinese parent and be more palatable to American lawmakers who want to ban it,

TikTok is preparing a clone of its recommendation algorithm after all, sources told Reuters. The social media platform is reportedly developing an algorithm independent of ByteDance, its Chinese parent company.

TikTok said a Reuters report that it was working on a US clone of its prized algorithm was misleading, but questions remain over the app's divestiture plans.

Owner ByteDance may be hedging its bets on overturning sale-or-ban bill Developers for the short video app TikTok have reportedly been working on creating a clone of its content algorithm specifically for use in the US since late last year.