Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos, has placed a bid to acquire TikTok. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, the app owned by ByteDance is facing a ban in the United States due to its association with China — although TikTok states it is not tied to the Chinese government.

Days before TikTok’s April 5 deadline to sell their U.S. operations, Jeff Bezos’ online retailer Amazon has submitted a bid to buy the ByteDance-owned app, a source told NBC News.

However, key parties involved in negotiations on a potential TikTok sale “do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously,” according to The New York Times.