U.S. TikTok ban looming again, White House says its working on deal

Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventhhour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.

The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Amazon offer was made in a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

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Source: WTHR

Published on April 4, 2025