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Over the weekend, we sharedreports that Microsoft and Oracle were both vying to lock down TikTok.
At the time, MicrosoftCEO Satya Nadella said it was “the strangest thing"he ever worked on.
United States politicians argue that the app’s Chinese origins make it essentially a threat to national security.
I have been against a TikTok ban for a long time, because it goes against freedom of speech.
Something needs to change.
Microsoft operates its own social web link, LinkedIn, which is utilitarian in operation.
TikTok’s influence over global opinions, political trends, and marketing has been utterly undeniable in recent years.
Microsoft’s Azure platform hosts TikTok’s generative AI features, giving them an obvious tie-in.
X owner Elon Musk has reportedly also been floated as a potential buyer, too.
Could Microsoft really buy TikTok?
“It’s a poison chalice.
Microsoft famously fumbled Skype, which was, for a time, the primary way people communicated online.
The political nature of this deal is also doubtless tough to navigate.
I think the chances of Microsoft landing TikTok are probably quite low, owing in part to the above.
But hey, direct TikTok integration with Xbox and Windows could be pretty cool?
Neither Microsoft or Bytedance has offered an official comment on the reported talks as of writing.
