According to Wired, the founder of OnlyFans has put in a last-minute bid to purchase TikTok. Stokely's startup, Zoop, submitted a bid to ByteDance for TikTok before the April 5 deadline set by US law that mandates an American buyer avoid a ban. The White House is reviewing multiple offers, including one from Amazon and a potential Oracle-Blackstone investment team. The US government’s concerns about TikTok center on fears that the Chinese government could access Americans’ data.
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