Amazon in Talks to Purchase TikTok
Amazon is reportedly in bidding talks to purchase the social media platform TikTok, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The e-commerce giant has put in a last-minute bid to buy the social app as the latter nears an April deadline to separate from ByteDance. JUST IN: Amazon in talks to buy TikTok. pic.twitter.com/HBGh1JCWEL — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) April 2, 2025 The Chinese internet technology company has been threatened by the US to sell the company to a US-based company for months or else the app would be banned in the states. After a delay in that decision back in January, a new deadline is approaching for that sale to be executed, and Amazon is reportedly a late contender. Various parties involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the sources tell NYT. The bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President JD Vance and Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, according to a person briefed on the matter. Policymakers have often expressed secu...