Amazon Submits Bid to Purchase TikTok Days Forward of Deadline, Report Says

Jeff Bezos appears like he is throwing some Amazon cash round … as a result of his firm is reportedly making an attempt to amass TikTok.

Amazon submitted a bid to purchase TikTok as the favored video app nears the Saturday deadline to separate from Chinese language possession or face a ban in the US … in accordance with a report Wednesday within the New York Occasions.

The report says the Amazon bid got here in on the final minute … and the NYT additionally notes the Amazon supply shouldn’t be being taken significantly.

President Trump in January set an April 5 deadline for TikTok’s Chinese language guardian firm ByteDance to promote the social media app to a non-Chinese language purchaser or be banned within the U.S. over nationwide safety considerations.

Trump informed reporters Sunday there are many potential patrons displaying large curiosity and hinted a deal can be made earlier than the deadline.