Amazon and OnlyFans Founder Join the List of TikTok Bidders as Ban Looms

With the deadline for TikTok to sell or face a ban (again) looming, a new potential buyer has emerged. Amazon has thrown its hat in the ring to take over the popular and addictive video platform, according to a report from the New York Times, offering up a last-minute bid that is likely tied to the retail giant’s desire to milk the lucrative TikTok Shop for every penny it can. Amazon reportedly delivered its bid to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, two people with the distinction of seeming like incredibly bad hangs among the stiff competition presented by the nightmare blunt rotation that is the Trump cabinet. Apparently, per the Times, no one in the White House considers Amazon’s bid to be a serious one, so don’t expect TikTok to be a Bezos brand any time soon. So Amazon’s pitch for its TikTok takeover now sits on the pile of bids that have emerged for the platform, none of which seem to have a whole lot of momentum despite the fact that TikTok is set t ... Read full article.