TikTok could break away from Chinese parent to avoid ban, says Trump adviser

Larry Kudlow suggests that the popular video-sharing app could survive as an independent company

TikTok, the social media platform popular with young people around the world, could break away from its Chinese parent to evade being banned in the US, a White House adviser has said.

We haven't made final decisions [on the ban] but as has been reported in some places, I think TikTok is going to pull out of the holding company which is China-run and operate as independent company," White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Thursday.