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AskCyber Home » News » News » Microsoft Partners with Walmart in Bid for TikTok

Microsoft Partners with Walmart in Bid for TikTok

2020-08-27 by Michelle Dvorak

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Walmart Dumps Google Joins with Microsoft in Offer to buy TikTok.

Walmart is joining forces with Microsoft in a bid to buy video app TikTok. The American retailer teamed up with tech giant Microsoft after a plan didn’t work out with Softbank and Alphabet, the parent of Google.

The race to buy a portion of TikTok’s business got started as US President Trump tries to force TikTok to divest its US business with an executive order. TikTok is fighting back with a federal lawsuit.

TikTok is a video creation and sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance. Users create short form videos that are 15 seconds to 60 seconds long . Popular video content includes dance, recipes, humor, and other highly creative content. according to ByteDance, over 100 million Americans have downloaded the TikTok app.

TikTok will be banned in the US by Trump if its US business not sold to an American company. ByteDance, the owner of TikTok is based in China.

TikTok recently defended itself and filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration stating that the allegations of data sharing are untrue.

Walmart reportedly was partnered with Alphabet in the bid for TikTok’s US and Australian business. However, they switched to a Microsoft partnership because it appeared the US government would not approve the deal. The structure of the deal would have had Walmart as the majority stakeholder.

Is Microsoft going to buy TikTok?

Microsoft confirmed that the company is in talks with ByteDance and is interested in buying the US portion of TikTok’s business. It is estimated that the acquisition could be valued at around $20 to $30 billion USD.

Other interested buyers include Twitter, Oracle, and Alphabet the parent company of Google. It is believed that by ByteDance is reportedly set to choose between Microsoft-Walmart or Oracle.

Alphabet could face significant antitrust issues because of its ownership of YouTube.

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TikTok CEO Steps Down

The new of the joint acquisition deal comes as the CEO of TikTok stepped down from his position in the company today.

“In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require, and what it means for the global role I signed up for”, he said in a statement, CEO Kevin Mayer said.

Why is TikTok banned?

TikTok will be banned according to an executive order signed in August by US President Trump. He maintains that TikTok represents a security risk due to its alleged data sharing policies with the Chinese government.

Many feel that Trump’s ego and bitterness over the TikTok Grandma video is what drove him to sign executive order. Before a campaign rally this summer a TikTok user created a viral video instructing viewers and how to reserve tickets to an upcoming Trump election rally. The video created by a user referred to as TikTok Grandma, caused the rally to appear to be sold out. But in reality, the tickets all went to people who had no intention of attending. They were only trying to block others from obtaining the free tickets.

TikTok is already banned in India for private citizens and military personal. Interestingly TikTok is not allowed in China.

How does TikTok make money?

Although TikTok does generate revenue, ByteDance is primarily focused on growth. it is estimated that the app earns about $1M USD each year. Users can make in-app purchases of coins. Recently TikTok started advertising on other social channels to bring advertisers onto its platform.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: TikTok

About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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