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        <title><![CDATA[Oracle joins Microsoft in hunt to buy video-sharing app TikTok]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oracle is reportedly looking to purchase TikTok, giving Microsoft more competition for a politically sensitive acquisition of the popular video-sharing app.</p><p>The software giant led by President Trump-supporting billionaire Larry Ellison has held preliminary talks with TikTok&#8217;s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, as it &#8220;seriously&#8221; considers purchasing the app&#8217;s operations in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, <strong>the Financial Times reported</strong> early Tuesday.</p><p>California-based Oracle has been working with a group of American investors, including General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital, that already own a piece of ByteDance, the outlet reported, citing &#8220;people briefed about the matter.&#8221;</p><p>Oracle declined to comment. Neither&nbsp;ByteDance nor TikTok immediately responded to requests for comment Tuesday morning.</p><p>Oracle could challenge Microsoft&#8217;s bid to take over TikTok, which Trump has <strong>ordered ByteDance to sell</strong> within 90 days based on &#8220;credible evidence&#8221; that the Beijing-based company poses a national security threat. US officials have alleged that TikTok could share American users&#8217; data with the Chinese government, which TikTok says it does not do.</p><p>Ellison, Oracle&#8217;s co-founder and chairman, is among a small number of Silicon Valley magnates who have backed Trump. He held a fundraiser for the president&#8217;s re-election campaign at his California home in February that reportedly <strong>sparked a protest</strong> among Oracle employees.</p><p>Microsoft said earlier this month it was talking with ByteDance about buying TikTok&#8217;s operations in the same four countries that Oracle is reportedly targeting. The Redmond, Washington-based tech titan said it planned to wrap up the discussions by Sept. 15, the deadline Trump initially set for a sale to take place under an Aug. 6 executive order.</p><p>Twitter has also reportedly approached TikTok about a deal, though there have been &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; about the San Francisco-based company&#8217;s ability to finance it, the Financial Times reported.</p><p>No matter the buyer, a sale will be crucial for TikTok&#8217;s ability to keep operating in the US as Trump&#8217;s order could reportedly <strong>boot it from US app stores</strong> and bar American companies from buying ads on the platform.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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