The video-sharing site denies a report that the Chinese government is considering a billion-dollar sale of technology.
TikTok has denied a “fictitious” report that the Chinese government is considering selling the platform to Elon Musk to avoid a ban in the United States.
Bloomberg News on Tuesday reported that Chinese officials are in early talks about a possible sale to avoid a possible ban if Chinese owner ByteDance does not sell its US operations by January 19.
The report, which cited unnamed people familiar with the matter, said the talks would involve TikTok being merged with Musk's X media.
Bloomberg said it was unclear how Musk, the world's richest man with a net worth of $400bn, would do so or if he would have to sell some of his assets to complete the sale.
In response to the report, a TikTok spokesperson told Al Jazeera: “We cannot expect to respond to false claims.”
The US Supreme Court is considering the legality of the ban that comes after TikTok filed a lawsuit against the Protecting Americans from Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
During oral arguments on Friday, the court appeared to want to uphold the ban, with the majority of judges seemingly unmoved by TikTok's claims that forced sales would violate the first clause of the US Constitution, which promotes free speech.
Outgoing President Joe Biden signed the TikTok bill in April amid concerns about national security threats.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have complained that the platform could be used to collect information on Americans and control public debate.
President-elect Donald Trump, who is due to be inaugurated on January 20, promised to “save” the platform during his presidential campaign, a reversal of attempts to ban the program during his first term in office.