Walmart is gettin♔g in on the TikTok action, joining Microsoft’s bid to purchase the beleaguered social media platform.

TikTok has gone from one privacy and security scandal to the next, culminating in the Trump administration instituting a that will g🍒o into effect on September 15, unless a buyer can be found. Microsoft has as a frontrunner, although ꦰOracle has also expressed interest.

Now it a༒ppears that Walmart is joining Microsoft in its bid, seeing a unique e-commerce opportu♕nity.

“The way TikTok has integrated e-cꦫommerce and advertising capabilit♈ies in other markets is a clear benefit to creators and users in those markets,” the company’s statement. “We believe a potential relationship with TikTok U.S. in partnership with Microsoft could add this key functionality and provide Walmart with an important way for us to reach and serve omnichannel customers as well as grow our third-party marketplace and advertising businesses. We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of U.S. TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of U.S. government regulators.”

It will be int🌠eresting to 🅘see what Microsoft and Walmart can make of TikTok, should a sale be successful.