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Twitter and TikTok Having Preliminary Talks Over Possible Combination

Twitter is in talks with TikTok over its likely inclusion and probable combination. In cooperation the companies deliberating possible alliance after US President Donald Trump proclaimed its plans on prohibiting the app, labeling it a threat to national security.

Under this threat tale, the two popular apps TikTok and WeChat ordered to be banned, calling them a threat to national security, foreign policy, and economy.

Donald Trump offered Americans 45 days to stop doing business with these platforms while announcing a deadline to these apps. He also announced that the main portion of the sale would go to the US treasury.

On the other hand, Microsoft declared that it is in talks with the company to buy its US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand operations.

The Financial Times reported that Microsoft expanded negotiations and was now after the app’s entire global operations. Though Twitter is a minor company as contrasted to Microsoft, it believes that it will come under less investigation as compared to larger companies on collaborating with Twitter.

Moreover, the social media company will need support from more investors to complete the deal with TikTok. Twitter allows video sharing, text messages, post contents, and GIFs, but TikTok’s kind of videos are new for the company.