Now, the TikTok deadline is coming up quickly, and the U.S. government, along with various U.S. companies, is trying to decide the social media platform’s future in the country. So, the TikTok deadline is April 5, 2025, and according to the New York Times, multiple companies, such as Oracle or Blackstone, are currently in talks with the U.S. government to purchase TikTok’s operations in the country.
However, even though Amazon is not currently considered a rival in this TikTok deal, it should be mentioned that the company has many connections with the social media app. It’s true that TikTok has its own e-commerce platform called TikTok Shop, but many U.S. users and influencers encourage their followers to purchase products from Amazon.
Even more so, Amazon has previously tried to introduce in its own app a TikTok-like feature called Inspire in December, but Amazon shoppers considered it unattractive. And this year, after about 2 years of activity, the e-commerce company decided to remove it from the Amazon app.
Even after these TikTok offers, the parent company still considers that the social media platform is not for sale, and most probably will block every eventual deal. If ByteDance doesn’t secure a U.S. deal until April 5, the social media platform is due to have a TikTok U.S. ban, probably for a longer time compared with the last TikTok ban.
Stay tuned for more updates!
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