Amazon has expressed interest in buying TikTok ahead of deadline for ByteDance to sell the social media app or face a U.S. ban.

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President Trump was briefed Wednesday on a framework to keep the video-sharing app operational.

Saturday is meant to be the deadline for TikTok parent company Bytedance to sell the platform to a non-Chinese buyer or face its possible ban in the United States. According to a source familiar with the White House led discussions about a deal,

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As TikTok faces another potential ban in the U.S. if not sold to an American buyer, Amazon has expressed interest as have several other companies.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would consider a deal for TikTok where China approves the sale of the short video app in exchange for relief from U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump said that a deal is close on Tiktok,

This Saturday is the deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the app’s U-S operations or face a ban in the United States. CBS News has learned that Amazon has now put in a bid to buy TikTok.

E-commerce giant Amazon put in a last-minute bid to buy TikTok days before the April 5 deadline for the company to find a non-Chinese buyer or shut down in the United States. President Donald Trump is still weighing his top choice as other suitors line up with offers,