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Amazon Joins List Of TikTok Suitors As App Deadline Looms
Amazon is among the suitors for TikTok, a source with knowledge of internal discussions confirmed to Deadline.
The New York Times earlier Wednesday reported on the positioning by Amazon, which has made a series of strategic moves in recent months to gain favor with the White House. The tech giant’s bid for all of TikTok came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, While President Donald Trump has vacillated on TikTok, which is owned by China-based ByteDance, he has recently settled into the position that it poses a security risk given the oversight of its operations by the Chinese government.
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