据报道，知情人士称，根据中国对人工智能技术出售实施的新限制，字节跳动需要获得中国政府的批准才能出售TikTok美国业务。由于中国的审批需要时间，所以TikTok交易可能会拖到11月美国选举之后。
此前，字节跳动发布公告称：公司关注到商务部和科技部于8月28日，联合公布《关于调整发布<中国禁止出口限制出口技术目录>的公告》，公司将严格遵守《中华人民共和国技术进出口管理条例》和《中国禁止出口限制出口技术目录》，处理关于技术出口的相关业务。
Earlier, the company announced that it was concerned that the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of science and technology jointly announced the announcement on adjusting and Issuing the catalogue of China's prohibited and restricted export technologies on August 28. The company will strictly abide by the regulations of the people's Republic of China on the administration of technology import and export and the catalogue of China's prohibited and restricted export technologies, Handle the business related to technology export.