Microsoft Mulls Acquisition of TikTok – One America News Network
OAN Staff Abril Elfi
4:56 PM – Tuesday, January 28, 2025
President Donald Trump has revealed that Microsoft is in discussions to acquire the TikTok app.
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When asked by the press if the U.S. tech firm was preparing a proposal, Trump answered: “I would say yes” and noted there was “significant interest in TikTok” from various other companies as well.
This announcement followed Trump signing an executive order that postpones the Biden administration’s ban on the app, granting a 75-day extension.
Previously, the Biden administration mandated that ByteDance, a company based in China, sell TikTok to an American corporation. The application boasts approximately 170 million users within the United States.
The legislation was originally enacted by President Joe Biden on April 24th, 2024, known as the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” rendering it illegal for any entity to distribute, maintain, or enhance an application controlled by a foreign adversary.
The Biden administration’s worries reportedly arise from the vast amounts of data collected by the Chinese app from its users, which could potentially be exploited by the Chinese government to later “blackmail” American citizens for their benefit.
Conversely, TikTok users and content creators have contended that the ban is “unconstitutional,” arguing that it infringes on their “right to free speech” and expression.
“Rarely, if ever, has the court encountered a free-speech case that resonates with so many individuals,” stated the attorneys representing TikTok users and content creators.
TikTok further argued that the potential prohibition “will mute the expression of creators and the numerous Americans who utilize the platform to discuss political issues, commerce, arts, and other matters of public interest.”
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