Amazon, TikTok and ByteDance

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Amazon tells White House it's interested in buying TikTok
Amazon has told the White House it is interested in buying TikTok ahead of a key deadline by which its parent company, China-based ByteDance, must either sell the popular social media app or face a ban in the U.
Amazon Was One of Several Companies to Bid on Purchasing TikTok From ByteDance
Amazon is one of several companies to put in a bid to buy TikTok, but are any of these companies likely to be the ultimate owners?
Amazon among the companies vying to buy TikTok as the Saturday deadline for ByteDance to sell nears
According to the White House, several potential buyers have bid on the popular social media app to ensure its continued

TikTok, Donald Trump

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Trump says China could get tariff relief if it approves TikTok deal
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would consider a deal for TikTok where China agrees to approve the sale of the short video app owned by Byte Dance in exchange for relief from U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports.
Team Trump wants TikTok deal done — but not with Bezos’ Amazon
The White House really wants to get a deal to sell Chinese short-video app TikTok to a US company and remove all possibilities of the Mainland using it as a way to spy on Americans. Except, apparently, one Big Tech firm that Team Trump isn’t so keen on: Online retail giant Amazon, On The Money has learned
TikTok in US: Deal done? Why Donald Trump wants ByteDance to sell America business to new investors?
If reports are to go by, TikTok America will be 50 per cent owned by the new US investors. ByteDance will retain 19.9 per cent stake in the new company.

Trump eyeing plan to avoid TikTok ban as deadline looms

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Trump eyeing plan to avoid TikTok ban as deadline looms: Source
President Donald Trump said over the weekend there are lots of potential buyers and said he'd like to keep the app alive. The administration has set an April 5 deadline for the app to be banned if it is not sold by it's Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance.
TikTok ban: Will TikTok go dark again? What to know about TikTok deadline, Trump update
TikTok video app set to go dark— again — as TikTok ban is set to go into effect this week if ByteDance doesn't reach a deal. Here's what to know.
US TikTok ban deadline: 3 scenarios for what could happen next and who might buy it
TikTok’s imminent future in the US still hangs in the balance. Besides a potential new owner, this is what may happen after the April 5 deadline elapses. View on euronews

TikTok set for €500m fine over sending EU data to China

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UE multaría a TikTok más de €500 millones por enviar datos a China
La empresa propietaria de TikTok, ByteDance Ltd., podría ser multada en más de €500 millones (US$553 millones) por enviar ilegalmente a China datos de usuarios europeos.
TikTok reportedly faces a €500 million fine for sending private user data to China
TikTok will reportedly face a fine of over €500 million ($553 million) for transferring Europeans' private data to China. Bloomberg said on Thursday that Ireland's data protection commission, which regulates TikTok owner ByteDance's EU operations,
TikTok set for €500m fine over sending EU data to China as US sale deadline looms
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Is TikTok getting banned? What Trump is doing to convince Bytedance to sell before April deadline
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TikTok Notes, ByteDance's Instagram alternative, is shutting down
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