Microsoft has been the primary suitor for TikTok, saying it was in talks to buy the company's US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations.
The Financial Times reported Thursday that Microsoft has expanded negotiations and was now after the app's entire global operations.
As a smaller company, Twitter would have a long-shot bid for TikTok, but the social media platform believes it would come under less antitrust scrutiny than larger corporations such as Microsoft, the WSJ said, citing people familiar with the talks.While Twitter does allow for the sharing of videos, most posts contain short text messages and photos or GIFs.
In 2012 Twitter acquired the platform Vine, which allowed users to share short videos, but shut down the service in 2016.
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